Search results

View (previous 20 | ) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)
  • Thumbnail for Potato
    The potato (/pəˈteɪtoʊ/) is a starchy root vegetable native to the Americas that is consumed as a staple food in many parts of the world. Potatoes are...
    95 KB (10,132 words) - 10:01, 25 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Russet potato
    A russet potato is a type of potato that is large, with dark brown skin and few eyes. The flesh is white, dry, soft, and mealy, and it is suitable for...
    5 KB (436 words) - 04:25, 24 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Potato chip
    A potato chip (NAmE and AuE; often just chip) or crisp (BrE and IrE) is a thin slice of potato (or a thin deposit of potato paste) that has been deep...
    48 KB (4,468 words) - 22:14, 14 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sweet potato
    The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the bindweed or morning glory family, Convolvulaceae. Its large, starchy,...
    100 KB (9,928 words) - 19:28, 8 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Colorado potato beetle
    potato beetle, or the potato bug. It is a major pest of potato crops. It is about 10 mm (3⁄8 in) long, with a bright yellow/orange body and five bold brown...
    65 KB (7,262 words) - 05:48, 18 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of Polish dishes
    long potato dumplings stuffed with meat and marjoram Kawior z bakłażana – "caviar" of eggplant Kiszka ziemniaczana – potato sausage Kopytka – potato dumplings...
    33 KB (3,353 words) - 18:50, 16 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Baked potato
    A baked potato, known in some parts of the United Kingdom (though not generally Scotland) as a jacket potato, is a preparation of potato originating from...
    14 KB (1,699 words) - 13:19, 28 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Potato wedges
    Potato wedges are irregular wedge-shaped slices of potato, often large and unpeeled, that are either baked or fried. They are sold at diners and fast...
    4 KB (295 words) - 00:06, 25 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Potato starch
    Potato starch is starch extracted from potatoes. The cells of the root tubers of the potato plant contain leucoplasts (starch grains). To extract the...
    9 KB (869 words) - 11:51, 19 May 2024
  • "One potato, two potato" (sometimes "One potato, two potatoes") is a traditional children's counting-out rhyme with accompanying hand actions. It has a...
    6 KB (618 words) - 16:45, 27 September 2023
  • Thumbnail for History of the potato
    The potato was the first domesticated vegetable in the region of modern-day southern Peru and extreme northwestern Bolivia between 8000 and 5000 BC. Cultivation...
    41 KB (5,255 words) - 06:58, 16 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Solanum crispum
    Chile and Peru. Common names include Chilean potato vine, Chilean nightshade, Chilean potato tree and potato vine. Growing to 6 m (20 ft) tall, it is a...
    3 KB (303 words) - 08:58, 25 September 2023
  • Thumbnail for Great Famine (Ireland)
    (Irish: an Gorta Mór [ənˠ ˈɡɔɾˠt̪ˠə ˈmˠoːɾˠ]), the Famine and the Irish Potato Famine, was a period of starvation and disease in Ireland lasting from 1845...
    143 KB (16,543 words) - 17:07, 23 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Kennebec potato
    Kennebec is a medium- to late-maturing white potato. It was bred by the USDA and selected by Presque Isle Station, Maine, in 1941. Kennebec is not under...
    2 KB (257 words) - 05:48, 23 February 2022
  • Thumbnail for Gala potato
    very long dormancy period and it normally produced for the fresh market. This variety is heat and drought resistant, as well as resistant to potato cyst...
    3 KB (255 words) - 22:35, 9 April 2023
  • Thumbnail for Phytophthora infestans
    serious potato and tomato disease known as late blight or potato blight. Early blight, caused by Alternaria solani, is also often called "potato blight"...
    74 KB (7,536 words) - 04:10, 25 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Potato ricer
    processing is called ricing. A common variety of potato ricer resembles a large garlic press. It has two long handles, one with a perforated basket at the...
    5 KB (600 words) - 02:40, 20 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Russet Burbank
    Russet Burbank is a potato cultivar with dark brown skin and few eyes that is the most widely grown potato in North America. A russet type, its flesh is...
    7 KB (793 words) - 21:10, 25 April 2024
  • The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is a 2018 historical romantic drama film directed by Mike Newell and written by Kevin Hood, Don Roos...
    26 KB (2,659 words) - 22:10, 29 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Potato processing industry
    global demand for potato-based foods, such as potato chips, french fries, mashed potatoes, and dehydrated potato products. The potato processing industry...
    7 KB (617 words) - 00:49, 7 December 2023
View (previous 20 | ) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)