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This is a list of potato varieties or cultivars. Potato cultivars can have a range of colours due to the accumulation of anthocyanins in the tubers . These potatoes also have coloured skin, but many varieties with pink or red skin have white or yellow flesh, as do the vast majority of cultivated potatoes.
Potatoes comprised about 10% of the caloric intake of Europeans. Along with several other foods that either originated in the Americas or were successfully grown or harvested there, potatoes sustained European populations. [47] The potato promoted economic development in Britain by underpinning the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century. It ...
The potato (/ p ə ˈ t eɪ t oʊ /) is a starchy tuberous vegetable native to the Americas that is consumed as a staple food in many parts of the world. Potatoes are underground tubers of the plant Solanum tuberosum, a perennial in the nightshade family Solanaceae. Wild potato species can be found from the southern United States to southern Chile.
You can also add sweet potatoes to soups, salads, stews, or whatever else you’re craving. About half a cup of raw sweet potatoes contains: 77 calories. 17 grams of carbs. 1.5 grams of protein.
This is a list of countries by potato production from 2016 to 2022, based on data from the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database. [1] The estimated total world production for potatoes in 2022 was 374,777,763 metric tonnes , up 0.3% from 373,787,150 tonnes in 2021. [ 1 ]
Lemon-Garlic Sheet-Pan Salmon with Potatoes & Green Beans. Photographer: Victor Protasio, Food Stylist: Sally McKay, Prop Stylist: Hannah Greenwood.
For the simplicity of this recipe at a glance—meat, vegetables, potatoes if I'm feeling hearty, au jus—it delivers in droves of flavor that leaves everyone asking for more.
The remoteness of the Iya Valley made it a famous hideout for defeated samurai warriors and other refugees over the centuries. [4] The most infamous inhabitants of the area were members of the Taira clan who were believed to have sought refuge in the valley after facing defeat in the Genpei War (1180-1185) to the Minamoto clan, who went on to found the Kamakura Shogunate in the late 12th century.