Lemmy Shitpost @lemmy.world ickplant @lemmy.world 2 mo. ago

Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew

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Not only are they versatile, they're easy to grow in marginal soils without extra irrigation, store for a long time without refrigeration, can be dehydrated and stored even longer, and if it starts sprouting you can just plant it again and get more potatoes.

If there's two plants you should learn to grow for the apocalypse I recommend potatoes and pumpkins and if you can pick one it's definitely potatoes.
- Now that said, potatoes only is probably not a great "Plan A."
  
  I wonder if that was a case of a lack of genetic diversity. Potatoes are indigenous to the Americas, so there's a lot more diversity which can help protect against disease.
  
  "The crisis prorduced excess mortality" is a great way of putting that
- You don't even need soil, you can just put them on the ground and cover them with hay, and they grow just fine.
  
  And they're prolific. With intensive cultivation you can get hundreds of pounds a year out of a hundred square feet.
- Pumpkins I'm curious about. All I can even think of to do with a pumpkin is pie, though I'm sure there's probably more traditionally done with them
  
  You can do a lot of the same things you do with potatoes: Boil 'em, bake 'em, fry 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew. Put them together and you get a complete protein.
- I just watched "The Botany of Desire" with Michael Pollan, and learned a fuck ton about potatoes. I agree lol
As far as your stomach knows, all potatoes are mashed potatoes!
Am I weird for disliking only mashed potatoes? I love potatoes in every other form
- Yes, you are. That's OK though. Nothing wrong with being weird.
- I wonder, is it all mashed potatoes or the really thin soupy kind? Or even chunky kind with skins in them?
  
  I ask because i was watching a YouTube short where the guy claimed "this is why restaurants have the best mashed potatoes" then proceeded to make the soupiest mashed potatoes i have ever seen... Never disliked a short so fast in my life.
  
  In case you're still feeling cheated out of mashed potato content, I'll share that Adam Ragusea has a couple of good videos on the food science of mashed potatoes:
  
  https://youtube.com/watch?v=u94l5bS2d_o
  
  https://youtube.com/watch?v=NYDyobSRmw8
Ooh this is the painting my parents have but their print is super faded and blue, I've wanted to get them a new one for years but never knew what it was!

Does anyone know what this is called please? Thank you :-)
- It appears to be Maternal Affection by Emile Munier; however, I'm finding 2 different artworks under this name...
  
  One and Two
Raw?
- Yes. I eat them like apples.
  
  They're the apple of the earth 😋
- I made the mistake of juicing raw potatoes once, figuring the other vegetable juices like beets and carrots would mask any of the potato flavor.
  
  Won't ever do that again.
Fuck yeah!
Boil ’em, Mash ’em, Stick ’em in a Stew.
Fermented?
- I’ll try anything once. Although you may be right, fermented may be one form I’ll say “No, thanks” to.
This post speaks to me.

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