National Potato Day

[Lou]

Creamy Potato Chickpea Curry Recipe | The Beet

Today, August 19th is National Potato Day and The Beet is excited to cook one of our favorite recipes: Creamy potato chickpea curry.

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[Emma JC]

ha, I didn't even know that yesterday was NPD and we haven't eaten potatoes in a week or two until last night when we ate a pile...

cool

Emma JC

 

[Lou]

I found it frustrating that I keep being informed of these National Days to late to plan any parties.

I thought maybe i could find a calendar of them. I found a couple of iCal add ons - each one seems to have different holidays. (Supposedly in the USA there are at least 1000 "National Days".) But I turned them both off because they were too busy. (BTW, neither had yesterday as Nat'l Potato Day).

I did find this website.

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November 30, 2023 - Today is National Mason Jar Day, St. Andrew's Day, National Computer Security Day, Guru Nanak Jayanti, Cyber Monday, Giving Tuesday, and National Crime Junkie Day.

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So. Happy Lemonade Day!!

 

[Tom L.]

And I missed it. And I was craving french fries (probably the least healthy way to enjoy potatoes, what with the extra fat and possibly a small dose of carcinogens formed from the high heat of deep frying... )

 

[Bob Who]

 

[Amy SF]

Oh, I missed this thread yesterday. I’m one day late, but I happened to find something I thought would be of interest in this thread. Like a lot of people, I was confused about the difference between sweet potatoes and yams, so I looked it up, and found this. I think it explains it pretty well.

Sweet Potatoes vs Yams: What’s the Difference?

Sweet potatoes and yams are both tuber vegetables, but they're actually quite different. This article explains the key differences between sweet potatoes and yams.

www.healthline.com

 

[Tom L.]

@Bob Who So, you use quite a few potato patches?.....

(Tom L. hastily ducks the torrent of various objects being thrown at him for such a hideously bad pun... but then, aren't most puns hideously bad? I blame the 8 or so "Xanth" novels I've read recently for what I just posted.)