National Tater Day is celebrated annually on March 31. [boldface because one of my best friends forever calls me "Tater" because of my love for this vegetable. Well...ok.] I'm pinching this post from an online exercise group to which I belong, and someone noted that today, being March 31, is National Tater Day. Never heard of it.
This day is set
aside to celebrate the potato that is loved by almost everyone and
provides us with essential vitamins, minerals and fiber. [They kept us Irish alive for many years!--full of Vitamin C!] There are
numerous ways to fix and enjoy the potato: Baked – Boiled –
Steamed – Roasted – Mashed – Fried – Grilled – Scalloped – French Fries –
Cottage Fries – Hash Browns – In Stew – In Soup – Potato Salad – Potato
Dumplings – Potato Pancakes – Any Way You Like Them!!
[Personally, there's almost no way of preparing potatoes that I don't love, but my favorites are potato pancakes (will have some for breakfast today) and potato salad . This does not mean I don't adore
mashed potatoes or home fries or escallopped potatoes. But....]
The origin of
this day may have had a different meaning, as at the beginning
of April each year, there is a celebration of the sweet potato (Tater
Day), in part of Kentucky. Sweet potatoes are one of the main cash crops
in that area. Tater Day started way back in the early 1840′s with the
trading and selling of sweet potatoes. It is the oldest continuous trade
day in the United States.
Worldwide, there are more than four thousand potato varieties.
Just remembered that I used to call Grandma (your mother), "Tato" - ha ha! Have forgotten that for many decades. No idea how or why that happened. Tater, tato....
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