Potato Lovers’ Day

Fun Potato Facts:

• The first cultivated potatoes date back to 500 BC in Peru.
• Most of the nutrients found in potatoes are in the skin.
• Sweet potatoes are distant relatives of the common potato. Yams are not potatoes at all, they botanically are considered lilies.
• The word spud actually means “to dig a small hole in the grown, similar to spade, a tool to dig small holes.