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Potatoes

The potato is a starchy root vegetable that is a common and versatile ingredient in cuisines around the world.

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Can you plant potato peels to get potatoes?

In the Spring, cut up pieces of potatoes that contain "eyes". (small dots on the potato) These are then planted in the ground. They will grow into a new potato plant.

Sometimes store bought potatoes will have been sprayed with chemicals to keep them from growing. Do not plant these kind. They won't grow and the chemicals may harm other plants around it. -BrioPower

Is cooking a potato physical or chemical?

Basically it is an Chemical reaction due to that it change it physically too.

It is a chemical.

Is a potato a vegatable?

Yes it is a vegetable. It is also called a tuber.

Burnt taste out of beans?

The first step in taking the burned taste out of white beans is to separate the burned beans from the unburned beans. Begin adding 1 teaspoon of apple cider vinegar at a time, tasting the beans each time. A teaspoon of peanut butter could also help take out the burned taste.

How many quarts of mashed potatoes are needed to feed 16 people?

The number of potatoes will depend on the number of people and the size of the potatoes. You should use around one fist-sized portion of potatoes (before you start, that is) plus "one for the pot". If the people being served are fairly voracious, you may want to increase the rate to three potatoes for every two people, or something like one each and 3 or 4 for the pot.

Who supplies the potatoes for In N out Burgers?

All I know is they use Kennebec potatoes that are grown in Southern california. Do you have any other details since you posted this question?

How do you mash a large amount of potatoes?

Many chefs would use a masher, which is a rounded, slatted piece of metal with a handle (used to make guacomole), also, any spatula with slats should work. For smaller things, a fork also does well.

How does potato plant reproduce with the help of eyes on the potato tuber?

No, you have to plant the potato. I grew one for a science project once. You have to bury the potato in some soil and leave only an inch of it sticking up. Keep it watered and in a sunny spot.

You can plant the eyes of a potato, but only with big chunks of potato still attached. Cut a potato into chunks that contain two or more budding eyes, and let the cut part of the potato harden for a day or so, to help prevent rot. Then plant them about one foot apart with the eyes up (so they can see!). They should be planted about four inches below the ground's surface, but just barely covered over until they begin growing.

Which is the least healthy method of cooking a potato?

It uses oil to cook the potatoes, and oil is a fat. Because you are soaking the oil in fat, when you eat the fried potato, you are also eating all the fat that got soaked into it, and generally eating lots of fat isn’t great for your body. If you were to bake or air fry the potatoes, on the other hand, those methods don’t use oil and thus don’t use any fat, making it a hearthier way to prepare your potatoes.

Why do potato soften when put in water?

potatoes soften when boiled because the heat and water, slowly goes into the potato which causes it to soften.

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Errr . . . potatoes are saturated with water before they are cooked, so maybe the softening comes from something else.

The high heat at which potatoes are boiled (the boiling point) causes a chemical change in the potato's cell walls, causing the stiff cell wall substance to change to a different chemical composition . . . which happens to be much softer. Hence, soft boiled potatoes.

Is it safe to eat potatoes with brown veins inside?

is it safe to eat potatoe with brown veins inside

How many volts does a potato produce?

a little less than one volt will be produced with each potato

How many potatoes do you need to make mashed potatoes?

It depends on how much butter you typically like on your Yukon golds. For me, I use 1 tbsp per potato when eating them as baked potatoes. Using that as a guide, I would put in the same amount per potato if making mashed potatoes. So 8-10 tbsp for mashed 10lbs of Yukon golds.

How long is it before a new potato becomes an old potato?

Different types of potatoes will take a different amount of time to be ready for harvesting.

New spring potatoes planted in February can be harvested in May after only 100 days.

They are too small for fries and too young for mash, but are perfect boiled whole.

New potatoes planted later in the warmer season may need as little as 70 days to be ready for harvesting.

Potatoes that you harvest for storage over the winter will be planted later and take as much as 5 months, growing bigger in the process.

A fun way to grow potatoes is in a wooden or metallic barrel. You first plant just the one potato at the bottom filled with rich decomposed compost and soil, and as the plant grows, you keep adding soil until you reach the top of the barrel. The one plant will grow potatoes in all these multiple layers of soil. You can harvest 10 weeks after adding the last layer of soil when the plant is still green, the potatoes on top will be new and delicious, the ones at the bottom layers are fully grown.

How do you make a potato grow eyes?

Well how imake a potato grow eye i put it a really dark place with tooth picks in it just so the water that is is the bowl is just on the bottom of my potato. and then check it ever few days...

How many potatoes in 4oz?

As a potato is mostly water and a gram of water has a volume of 1 cubic centimeter, a 4 gram potato would have a volume close to 4 cubic centimeters.

This is smaller than most people's index finger. I don't think potatoes this small are sold in stores.

How potato battery invented?

What is a potato and how can it make a voltage?

A potato is a South American herb that is a member of the nightshade family. People eat the starchy tuber of the vegetable. So how can a potato create a voltage? Potatoes contain phosphoric acid. It's the acid in the potato that allows a chemical reaction to take place. The potato battery works when a copper penny and a zinc-coated nail are placed in contact with the phosphoric acid inside the potato. The nail and the penny become the battery's terminals or electrodes. The acid reacts with the copper and removes electrons. The copper penny ends up missing some electrons, which gives it a slightly positive charge. The acid also reacts with the zinc nail. In this case the acid dissolves the zinc and leaves some of its electrons behind on the nail. The excess electrons on the nail and the lack of electrons on the penny result in the creation of voltage in the system. If the nail and the copper penny are connected together with a wire, the excess electrons move from the zinc nail to the positive charge on the penny. These moving electrons are called electrical current.

Different types of potato?

Sweet potato, jacket potato, mash potato, roast spuds, boiled spuds, new potatoes.

If you mean varieties of potatoes grown some are Yukon Gold, Inca Blue, Red Potatoes, Russets, White, and Fingerlings.

Are potatoes carbohydrates?

Yes, potatoes are relatively high in carbohydrate compared to some other vegetables. For the carbohydrate content of potatoes and other vegetables, see the page links, further down this page, listed under Related Questions.

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What is a fact about the history of potato chips?

Lots. now potateos have less potatoes then they did twenty years ago. The salt content also has changed and the flavours.

Can you list potato chips as eating a vegetable?

Yes, it is made from a vegetable. There are two types of potato chips. There is a (usually) cold potato chip, also called a potato crisp, which is made from a very thin slice of potato. There are also hot potato chips, also called a fries, which are made from strips of potato. For more information about both, and to see photographs, please see the page links, further down this page, listed under Related Links.

How can you cook potato skins?

take and bake whole pototoes in the microwave or oven till cooked all the way through. once cooled, cut in half and scrape of the insides of the potato. set aside the skins. mix up the white of the potatoes with shredded cheese and bacon with a little butter so it has a creamy consistancy. fill the potato skins and bake in the oven till the cheese is melted and thay are heated all the way through. serve with sour cream

What is the best way to bake a potato?

Errr...they're baked! 180C for 90-120 minutes, skewer to see if it's soft inside.

That will soften the inside but not harden the outside. Rub them first with olive oil to get the crunchy skin, start the oven higher (220C?) and then turn it down to 180 when the skin is harder.

I bake them at a high temp, 450F, the timing depends on the size of the potatos (always use the same size potatos, especially with this method), and just check with a fork to see if they are tender

Can you leave a cooked baked potato out at room temperature?

Yes, for several hours. A baked potato, especially if the skin is intact, is not likely to spoil at room temperature. OTOH, it would be wiser to refrigerate cooked potatoes to be completely safe.

How do you preserve raw peeled potatoes?

If they have been pealed and cut up, the best way is to freeze them. Although, if you're just keeping them aside, for cooking later in the day, immersing them in cold water with a little lemon juice added, will prevent them going brown.