potatoes are one of the few foods you can eat exclusively and survive for long periods of time
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IF you also have milk or some other source of dairy.
that would mean mashed potatoes is the ultimate food
Living that potathoe lifestyle
Who the fuck only eats mashed taters on christmas
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Is there a country where potatoes are not eaten?
It's essentially an untapped vessel for world peace, if you think about it.
I don't think that's hyperbole either. It's a nutritionally complete food that's fairly easy to grow, to ship, and it holds up for a very long time without refrigeration.
The only place I've been lucky to visit where I didn't see potatoes was Costa Rica. Rice and black beans all day every day. Indians seem to like them very well. I don't know about other southeast Asian countries, China, or Japan but it seems unlikely they eat so much.
Potatoes, some sort of boiled dough, and some sort of raw meat dish show up in basically every culture around the world
Something to play Doom on? Potato.
The ultimate goal of course is to install linux on an actual potato.
Picnic? Potato Salad!
Does a sweet potato count?
An honorable mention for sure.
Quick photo to ask for help with a technical issue? Potato cam!
Irish famine. Edit: there is not a potato for every occasion.