Potatoes

It would depend on how much each potato weighs. On average, however, one average sized potato weighs about 375 grams. (See the question and answer concerning the average weight of a potato.) Assuming all of the potatoes are average sized as defined by commercial producers. Five pounds is about 2,267 grams. In that case, a 5 pound bag of potatoes should contain (on average) about 6 average sized potatoes and a 10 pound bag of potatoes should contain about 12 average sized potatoes.

It depends on the sizes. You would need to weigh them to determine the value of potatoes.

First of all, they grow very well in Ireland, so they are easily available. Then, they are very versatile. They can be cooked in many different ways, like boiled, roasted, fried, grilled etc. They can be served in many different ways. They go well with many different foods. They are very filling, so they are a good food to eat. So for these and many other reasons, people in Ireland like potatoes.

Despite legends to the contrary, there is no way to make an effective suppressor out of a potato- raw, baked, mashed, or sweet. However, it can be an effective way to blow up a firearm, and hurt yourself (and innocent bystanders). If they worked, people would not spend several hundred dollars to buy a silencer- they would be in the produce department at the grocer. ALSO- please note that to make ANY silencer without FIRST doing the paperwork with the BATFE is a serious Federal crime- worth 10 years in a Federal prison, and a fine of $250,000 last time I checked.

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Neither, they're mostly starch and so can supply the energy you need to live. But they're not essential and if you eat too many you'll get fat.

Certainly. Put the peeled, diced potatoes in the refrigerator under water. It's the way that restaurants prepare for rush hour fresh potatoes. Be sure to use them before 8 hours to avoid bacteria contamination, and pour off the soaking water. Use fresh water to boil.

Baked potatoes that have been left at room temperature have been known to grow Clostridium botulinum which forms a deadly toxin and can make people sick. The potato might not spoil in the traditional sense (mold, slime, funky odor), but it could be dangerous. To prevent the possibility of botulism intoxication, either refrigerate (below 40°F) baked potatoes or keep them warm (above 140°F).

If the fries are yams or sweet potatoes and baked in the oven, then yes they are allot healthier.

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A potato wrapped in paper will cook in a microwave oven, because paper does not block microwaves. A potato wrapped in aluminum foil would not cook in a microwave because aluminum foil does block microwaves.

There are several variables involved in making a potato battery. Specifically, the variables include the potato, two pennies, galvanized nails, and some copper wire.

Yes, mashed potatoes will eventually go bad. Even when kept in the refrigerator, they will eventually spoil. They are moist and are capable of harboring bacterial growth. They also contain milk products that can sour.

you cant make a potato light up but...you can make a light bulb light up with potato power.all you need is wire electric tape two potato's or lemons set it up and your good =)

Yes. I just did a lab with regard to that exact question in biology yesterday. However, I do not know why cassava is more 'starchy' than potato.

New potatoes are younger and therefore smaller, they also taste different.

Nipples. Because nipples.

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To peel a potato is to take off the outer brown layer of a potato.

it's a plastid. it stores food such as starches, proteins and lipids. it's in most plant cells. it's especially prominent in storage organs such as potato tubers.
A potato plant stores starch in the leucoplasts. The plants store these starches as food and nutrition for the next generation of potatoes.

Boiled potatoes do not shrink because the presence of water surrounding the potato is what keeps it saturated (full of) liquid, meaning that it cannot shrink (if it is submerged).

It is likely that there is some mineral or nutrient in potatoes that your body doesn't have enough of . . . your brain senses this and causes the craving.

Sailors in submarines during World War 2 had similar cravings, but for foods that were fresh and could not be taken on a submarine patrol.

When a submarine would get back from a patrol (a couple of months), they would find boxes of apples and oranges waiting for them. Sometimes there would be a couple of boxes of cabbages. The sailors would wolf down all they could of these foods that their kind commander ordered someone to place on the dock. The sailors had not been getting the minerals and nutrients in those foods.