Potato Lovers’ Day
February 8, 2019
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.