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[-] Cleverdawny@lemm.ee 170 points 9 months ago

Potatoes are amazing. They grow easily in a wide variety of soil and produce food which has every nutrient we need except for a complete protein. And, they're a vegetable, so you can tell someone you're eating your vegetables and then go to McDonald's for some frenchy fries

[-] kubica@kbin.social 86 points 9 months ago

The frying is the questionable part. (Well, the french part too but...)

[-] Cleverdawny@lemm.ee 36 points 9 months ago

Still vegetables! Everyone knows that a nice dinner at a Chinese buffet is healthy if you eat a few green beans lmao

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 16 points 9 months ago

A succulent Chinese meal?!?

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[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 39 points 9 months ago

They really are a miracle food. And they make every dish better.

[-] aaronbieber@beehaw.org 19 points 9 months ago

I mean, in fairness, "vegetable" isn't a scientific term at all, so whether potatoes are vegetables (or tubers, or roots, or something else) is totally up for debate.

But they're a hell of a lot more of a vegetable than pizza is!

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[-] Ocelot@lemmies.world 98 points 9 months ago

Potatoes never go bad. They just start the process of turning into more potatoes.

[-] MaxVoltage@lemmy.world 93 points 9 months ago

potatoes definitely do rot and the smell is so horrific it can only be the results of failed potato genetics

[-] funktion@lemm.ee 51 points 9 months ago

Rotten potatoes smell somewhere between raw sewage and demon anus

[-] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 18 points 9 months ago

The green dust is also toxic to breathe in.

I recently had the pleasure of shoveling a rotting bag of potatoes out of my pantry. Likely the worst smell I have ever witnessed, nothing compares.

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[-] Engywuck@lemm.ee 89 points 9 months ago
[-] deus@lemmy.world 55 points 9 months ago

Biblically accurate potato

[-] ComradePorkRoll@lemmy.ml 17 points 9 months ago

"Be not ~~afraid~~ hungry."

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[-] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 84 points 9 months ago

Potato... right. Anyone handy with the flamethrower?

[-] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 33 points 9 months ago

Why? We making baked potatoes?

[-] ProvableGecko@lemmy.world 18 points 9 months ago

I'm pretty handy with the airfryer

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[-] Cacktus@feddit.de 60 points 9 months ago

[clap clap clap] "Oh, good. My slow clap processor made it into this thing. So we have that."

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[-] Damage@slrpnk.net 59 points 9 months ago

Potatoes are fucking immortal, I recovered some of last year's from a planter whose soil was so dry it was almost sand, planted them again, watered them and they immediately sprouted vines and leaves.

[-] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 65 points 9 months ago

That's because this is pretty much their natural lifecycle. They're native to the Andes, where cold, dry weather is kind of the norm.

[-] WindowsEnjoyer@sh.itjust.works 57 points 9 months ago

Potatoes after watching "the last of us":

Imma gonna grow

[-] spiderjuzce@lemmy.sdf.org 39 points 9 months ago

Now I'm scared to eat potatoes what if it grows in my stomach

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 43 points 9 months ago

That's why you stab them with a knife

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 33 points 9 months ago

Then you will just be assimilated

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[-] ProvableGecko@lemmy.world 18 points 9 months ago

It's easy, just make sure you don't have any soil based condiments on the side.

[-] psud@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago

Your stomach contains some of the strongest acid in nature, thanks to ancestors who were scavengers. The potato has no chance

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[-] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 37 points 9 months ago

Potatoes are so easy to grow. You can grow a lot of them in a trash can full of dirt.

[-] this_1_is_mine@lemmy.ml 31 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Tire stack..... Start growing in a tire or right on the ground. As soon as it's taller than the next available tire take that tire place it on the stack and bury the plant until there's just a couple of leaves above ground. Everything you buried be gentle will root out and become space for more spuds. When it grows up taller than another tire rinse and repeat until you have a stack of tires when you're ready to harvest just start knocking the tires over one by one. Works well to line them with plastic as well if you can

[-] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 23 points 9 months ago

I'm not sure I want something that's going into my mouth growing inside old tires.

[-] Slwh47696@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago

Yeah dude it's fine, you also mix used motor oil into the soil and it acts as a good pesticide.

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago

Do you prefer your potatoes leaded or unleaded?

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[-] pirat@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago

I've recently heard of some people living near the coast, carrying on an old local tradition of simply growing potatoes in seaweed instead of soil, adding a natural salty taste to them.

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[-] tias@discuss.tchncs.de 37 points 9 months ago

I just found that mine are growing little mini potatoes even though they didn't find any soil.

[-] aksdb@feddit.de 55 points 9 months ago

They soiled themselves.

[-] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 29 points 9 months ago

This photo is just wild.

[-] Todesschnitzel@lemm.ee 28 points 9 months ago

Never let your potato-pc run after midnight. Or this will happen.

[-] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 26 points 9 months ago

It’s heading for the screen in the upper right to google for soil.

[-] RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world 20 points 9 months ago

"Ỉ̷̧̢̢̛̙̫̰̰͚͈̹͉͉̭͍̱̪̟̬̬̜̤͙̲̩̤̗̲̼̥̠͓̜́͛̆̄͛̒̓͑̈́̾̈́̊̇͒̿̈͛́̍̃̔̔̈́͋͒̒͂̂̂͛͊̒̃̎͐̒̉̃̓̽͗̒̓̽̀́͆̆̈́̓̒̒̿̃͋͆̎͊̅̍͘̚̚̚͝͝͠͝͝ͅͅ ̵̧̢̧̡̢̧̡̨̛̛̛͔̜̺̭̟̻̻̩̬̟̭͔̙̫̼̘̪͈̼͇͎̠͇̫̩̖͚̼̠̲͖͉̭̱͎͎̼̮͔̱̟̮̺̫͈͎̠͍̝̪̗̼̪̭̤͓̈̒̄́̒͋͗̏́̔̾̄͌̃̾̓̔̀́̒̉̈̂̾͂̓̉̓̓͋̃͒̾̓͊͛̉̊͆̓͊̈́̅͂̌̏́̒̔̒̾̄̃͑̀́̋́͂̃̌̏̓͌͂̃͛͂͛͌̍̆́̈́̊̄̽̏̉̐̈̀̒̓̽̊͘̕̕̚̚̕͘̕̕͝͝͝͝͝͝͠ř̶̨̡̨̢̡̖͔͇̹̠͇̻̖̬̣̺͇̬͚̝̳̩̟̦̥͍̯̦̺̤͇̗̺̪͉̦͓͍̜͎̼̩͎̙͚͔̲̫͚̫̰̬̝̺͓̣̰̲̞̥̝͓͎̜̟̗͎͕͈̲̻͉̮̫͚͕̰͚̩͈̙͚̫̤͙̥̲̻̯̯̱̻̻̻͇̠͖̆̋̄͗͗͗̂̉̽͑̄̈́̑́͒̐͛͑̑̅̍̀̈́̄̐̒̇̓̋̽̀͂͂̎͐̀̃̆̂̅͒͑̏̓͗̽̒̎̈́͑̌́̍̆̾̈́͘̕̕͜͜͜͜͜͝͝͝͝͝ͅͅę̶̧̨̡̢̡̢̨̢̨̧̛̰̺̟̖͍͈̜̱͙̤̼̩̟̫̪̫̲͔̫̞̹̩͙͙͚̻͕̤͈͙̪͇̣̦̥̩̭̠͔̜̫͚͖̯͍͕͚͓̞̺͎̥͚̗̜̮̖̪͓͔̩̮̩̙̭͉̼̞̲͉̺͚͓̝͔̗̪͙̰͓͈̯̹̒͐̈̈̓̆̀͂̎̿͜͜͜ͅͅͅq̴̨̧̢̢̨̨̡̨̢̡̡̛̛͈̻̞̼̲͙̤̗͙̮̱̦͔̻̖͍̫̻̯̙̝̳̺͓̝̬͉̩̞͚̬͇̱͚͓̱̻̭̤̳̫͚̪̙͈̯̘̜̙̞̜̘͔͍̻͈̥͚̯͕͔͙̭͖͇͕̰̹̦̗̣̜̙̺̖̭̱̙͎͇͐̑͋̀̿̒͗̈́̓̍̿́̓͆̐̆̉̒̓̓̀̐̓̀̑͌̕̚̚͘̚͜͜͜͜͠͝͝͝ͅͅͅu̸̧̨̡̧̨̦̣̙͈͖̭̙̪̤̜̬̞͕̹̜͚̜͇̻̘̤̳͚̺̥͚̩͇̮̙̱̹̣̭͎̺͕̠̻̝̱̘̬̝͇̥̪̯̤̞̬̝̹̳̘̺͉͚̻̟̜̟̥̣̟̗̪̱̟̘͍̻͇̩̖̼͍͔̫̼͈͙͚̅̃̀͂̔̀̿̿̉̈́̔̉͗̒̈́͗͐̄̐͛͛̈́̊̒͊̃̍̓́̎̈̑͑͒͆̊̄̑͗̿̀̈́͆̎͌̍͗̂̾͒́̃̓̑̓̂͆͂̉̏̏͆̂̀́̈̊̿̈́͛͒̿̚̚̚͘̕͜͜͠͝͠ͅͅḭ̸̧̨̨̡̗̱̩͉̞͇̤̠͚͖̦͇̪̜̲̗͓̺̦̺̣̩̮̲̰̪̹͍̫̭̝͈͉̘͙̠̠͍̤̞̼̪̪̪̮̰̹͕͎̈̆͌́̐̎͘͜ͅr̶̡̨̡̢̨̡̛̻͔̘̭̞͕̞͉̲̤͖̘̯̺̝̠͎͕̱̮̟̲͎͙̝̮͈͕̻͕̤̋̎̒͛͛̅̒͆̈̿̐͒͐̄̆͌͑̾̑̎̏̂͑̐̿̈̈́́̔̉̈́͆̓̐̚͘͜ͅe̶̡̧̡̤͎̙͈̗͇̖̫̺͇͖̻͈̥͇̦̩̰̣̯̲̱̗̥͈̤͉̟̗̓̾̀͊͒͗͂͊͗̏͊̅̒̃͂̔̊̿̌̍͛͌̑̈́͋̈́̋́͗͛͆͛͂̎̊̽̍͑̈́̑̋̇̂̂͊͐̄͂̈́̆͗̐̎́̓̐̋͑́̈́̔̾̐̿̌́̏̇̌͑͛̊͛͋̕̚̕̕̚͘͘̕͘͝ ̶̨̨̢̛̛̻̮̪̘̣̩̬̳͔͍͔͉̜̬͚͔͚̲̱̹͖͚͍͇̬̩̱̝̤̜̙͚̼̝̦̠͍̱̜̰̣̪̯͈̟͍͕͎̹̗̗͚̗̞͎̯̼̥̭̦̲̋͐͌̉̈́͗̀̋̈́̔̃̐̄̈́̓͆̏̏̔̿̕̚͜ͅs̴̡̨̧̨̨̡̨̢̨̧̧̗̦̳̣̹͈̭̗̺̹͕̰̰̯͈͓͇̭̦̟̗̬̖̻͈̮̤̼͓̤̞͚͈͓̻̖̠̰̞͔̗̯̥̠̩̥͇̱͚͙͔̖͍̭͎̠͖̜̩͖͙͇̱͔̯̤̖̼͉̟͇̜̬͉̖͇̪̐̑͗̾͛̈͑̄̀̀̈́̍͆̽̃̃̄̐̌̎̊̌͐̓̿͌̽̑̒̑̐̀͒̃͒͌̉͌̉͐͋͆̈́̄́̉͑͒̇̀̌̃̉̎͗̈̑̐̏͌̃́̈̎̒́̈̂̔͐̅͋̀͛́̇͂̍̾̅̊̎̔͆̄̕̕̕̕̕͘̚͘͜͜͝͝͠͝͝ͅͅͅͅò̶̢̢̨̡̠͎̹̦̫̘͈̳̺͓̭̬̯͚̠̗̮̙̗͉̭͕̼̰̮̞͉͈̖̰͙̻̬̩̹̣̱̙̳̳̜̣͙͌̍̐́͆͂̆̄̑̈́͑̓͆̎̓̈́́̀͐͑̈́̇̊́̋̑̎̽̅̐̈̍̽̀͛́̅́͋̽̋͗̎̇̂̇̍̂̔̓̌̽́̑̇̌̏̑͘͘͘̚̕̕̕͜͜͠͝͠͝͝͝͝ͅͅͅͅͅi̴̧̛̮̭̬͕̥͔͖͊̀̂́̂͆͊̈̎̎́͊͗̆̽̽̎̈́̆̒̅̈́̎̈́̐͊̎͑̽̓͘͜͜ͅl̵̛̳͇̝̤͚̹̱̺̜̠͓̮̗̫̜̳͖͚̣̘͚̥̣̯̘̝̻͖̰̠̬͖͖͙̭̱͎̞̣͕͉͖̥̪͉̪̰̲̞̠͙͎̿͋́̅͐̏̾̿̓̈͋̓́̈́̉̓̄̐́̉̔̂̄͊̊͆̅̐̎͛̉̏͑͋̌͋̄̇́̂̐̏̇̎̕̕̚̚̕̚͜͜͝͠͝͠ͅͅ,̴̡̢̡̨̢̧̡̧̨̛̛̛̛̛͉̘̜͔̟̣̭̜̟̯̱͓͇̮̩̯̞͔͔̟̗̣̪̟͎̱͙̼̮͕̮͍͕̳̰̰̩̻̳̤̱̩̗̜̠͓̳̝̻̈̅̒̎̐̔̋͐̀̽̑͑̅͊̔̃̅̈͌̇̆̾̒͆́̍̇̍͛̂͂̂͊̒̈͆͌́̃̃͑̽̃̅̈́̉̀͛̀̄͋̃̑̀̅̈́́̌̐͑́̽̈́̈́̾̓͆̽̈͛̉͌̎̈̕̕̚͜͜͝͠͠͝͝͠͠͝͝ͅ ̵̡̨̧̨̡̡̢̧̜̦̣̪̭̥͈̦͓̩͕̙̗͓͉̩͔̦̟̻̳͙͈͕̘̣̪͉̘̜̰͓̼̪̙̞̯͇̜̗̜͈͙̻͕̦͓͚̱̙͉̬̞̯͈̦͇̠̬̮̭̳͕̞̠̭̭̦̞͎̰͔̻̟͓̃̅́̄̐͛͜͠͝͠J̵̛̛̛̛̰̖͖̺͉̩̣̝͓̹̗̠̈́̌͊̅͂͗̓̍̈͋̀̏̌̒̿̑̏̐̔̂̃̀̍̾̑̈́̔͌͐̐̀̉̅̈̐̔̎̊̉̾̅͋̒́̂̋͆́͛́͑̽̒͂́̇̓̾̒̈́̈̋̓͐͌̔͐̓͆̅̿̎͊̈̋̆̿̊̿̕̚̚̕͘̕͘͘͜͜͝͝͝͝͝͠͠͝͝ơ̴̧̡̨̢̡̨̲̞̘̲̟͎̰̯̣͚̺̣̰͖̪̪̤̱͖͔̙͎̼̟͆͆͆́̎͒̓͒͊̔̒́͋̓͛̓͌̎̿̍͗̑͊̍͐̐̋̋̐̊͋̇̒͐͒̃̋̓̄̔͐̀͛͊̐̀͛͐̈̾͛̈̇̈́̋͂̕͝͠ͅn̸̨̛̛̜͈̱̪͉̥͚̪̮͓̪̱̹̫̹̯͈͚͎̘͆̔̌̍̈́̃̀͆͌̃̽͂̾̓̒̀͆̄̔̈́̈͆̍͂̒̀̈́̈́̇̽̆̀̀̇͒̊̌̇̒̉̈́̐͊͌̌̅́̈́̎̐̅̋̔̈́̆͒̾̎̐͆̆́͂͌̋̈́̇̋̃̊̈́͛̊͒͑͒̿̎͗̏̆̀̊̾͊̏̉̽̚͜͝͠͠!̴̢̡̢̢̛̳̩̗͉͍͉̺̩̗͚͎̩̻̦̩̣̦̫̳͇̪̞̦̦͙̩͖̩̱͈̰̣̲̯̲̳͔̥̮̬̞͎͇̣͎͇̼̭̠̻̺͔͔̘̮̩̩͇̰̱͉͉̫̟͖̄͋̕͜ͅͅ"

[-] radioactiveradio@lemm.ee 16 points 9 months ago

This comment is taking over my liftoff UI.

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[-] doctorcrimson@lemmy.today 20 points 9 months ago

Potatoes revolutionized human agriculture once we discovered which parts of the plants weren't poisonous. Unlike the human standard before that point, mostly grains, Potatoes can grow even on slopes and mildly rocky terrain.

[-] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 18 points 9 months ago

As a communist that is also of Irish descent, and absolutely loves potato based dishes, I feel like this meme is specifically crafted for me.

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