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Potatoes
The potato is a starchy root vegetable that is a common and versatile ingredient in cuisines around the world.
3,369 Questions
When were mashed potatoes invented?
Some say the recipe for mashed potatoes originates in 1771 when a French man named Antoine Parmentier came up with the idea of having a competition on ways to make potatoes. Having had the idea, it's no surprise that he then won first place and then eventually began cultivating potatoes himself. The story goes that he hired a group of royal soldiers to guard his farm near Paris. But the guards were not vigilant enough; peasants stole Parmentier's crops, effectively introducing potatoes into the cuisine of France and, much later, widespread Europe.
How many potatoes does the average Irish person eat each year?
About 315 lb a year. That's a little less than .9 lb a day per person.
Why do you need to blanch potatoes?
The need to blanch potatoes depends on what you are doing with your potatoes. Blanching not only partially cooks the the potatoes, but it also breaks down enzymes within the potatoes that is responsible for their turning black upon standing in the air (oxygen exposure). When roasting or frying potatoes, blanching them first partially cooks them through. When they are then cooked in oil or other fat, the cooking time is reduced, the potatoes are cooked through more evenly, and you minimize the risk of burning the outsides of the potatoes trying to cook them all the way through. Peeled potatoes exposed to oxygen in the air quickly turn brown and eventually black. Blanching potatoes that have had their skins removed breaks down the enzymes responsible for this unsightly color change. This allows potatoes to be stored, whether briefly on the counter top or long term in the freezer.
How many potatoes did an average man eat before the famine started?
The figure given in cecil Woodham-Smith's 'The Great Hunger' is 14lbs per day EACH. It must be remembered that the average Irish person ate potatoes and nothing else.
Up to 60 a day for a man.
The mass of a bag of potatoes is 4.5 kilograms what is the mass in grams of the bag of potatoes?
Remember K H D | d c m (kilo, hecto, deka, (liter, meter, gram), deci, centi, milli). These are the denominations you need to list when converting metric units. Grams are three places to the right of kilograms. So you have to move the decimal place three times to the right (same as multiplying by 1000). You will get 4.5 kg = 4500 g.
What is a stressed syllable for potato?
The second syllable (-ta-) is the stressed syllable in potato.
Is it healthy to eat potato skin?
Yes. The skins of potatoes hold many of the nutrients the potato absorbed from the soil while growing in the ground.
What bible verses could be related to a science project on how battery is made out of potatos?
Their people, drained of power, are dismayed and put to shame. They are like plants in the field, like tender green shoots, like grass sprouting on the roof, scorched before it grows up. 2 Kings 19:26
I will teach you about the power of God; the ways of the Almighty I will not conceal. Job 27:11
You are the God who performs miracles; you display your power among the peoples. PS 77:14
Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit. PS 147:5
For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse. Romans 1:20
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us. Ephesians 3"20
Can anyone remember Potato crisps of the 1960s called bettys vinegar?
yes I can.loved them and used to spend my pocket money on them.
Where are clancy's potato chips made?
Clancey's Kettle Chips sea salt & cracked pepper are a product of Canada, are they made by McCains? The other flavors of Clancey's chips say they are distributed by ALDI Inc. Batavia, IL are they a product of the US or Canada? I will not buy food items without knowing the country it comes from. Is there anyone who can answer this question? I would like to try other flavors but will not buy them unless they are from Canada or the US???
How long do you boil white potatoes?
This depends on how small they have been cut. You will know they are done if they are fork tender.
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What principles of art were used in the potato eaters?
Well, to tell you the truth, there would be no other or better way of telling this true story with out offending anyone. So, Vincent used the principles that Rembrandt would have used. The use of light and dark as his mentor would have done. As you look close at the young girl of this family standing up you might take it as to thinking she had already gorged herself with that big belly she is packing, but on the contrary, she could have been craving pickles or ice cream. I believe this to be Vincent's so-called Dulcinea that was knocked up by one of the alter boys at her Church that caused Vincent to lose his studio on the Catholic Church grounds. You can almost imagine what the father is thinking as he is kinda pointing while the mother is saying, won't it be nice to have a little grandchild to love and to hold. The aunt and the uncle looks to be staying the hell out of this conversation taking place.
What materials is a potato peeler made out of?
usually plastic or wood for the handel and metal for the actual peeling part.
