Welcome to our series featuring Food Holidays: September 2022: National Potato Month. Today is National Potato Month. I don’t know about you but I wouldn’t mind having Homemade Mashed Potatoes for dinner. Or Fried Taters with Onions. Would you like to join me for dinner this evening?
National Potato Month
National Potato Day is August 19. If you like spuds ie Potatoes, this holidays for you! If you’ve never celebrated this Potatoes before we have the lowdown on how to do things up right. Including facts and links to turn you from couch potato to party animal.
Potatoes have been a popular food for Centuries and it’s about time we recognize the Potatoes. Mashed, or covered in Cheese, Potatoes can be eaten with just about every meal. Even as a meal! Making Potatoes a starchy Veggie delicious and a easy way to get Iron, Potassium and Vitamin C. The puns are just baked right in! Just fry and stop us from telling you the whole scoop on what makes National Potato Day so yummy.
NATIONAL POTATO DAY ACTIVITIES
- Did you know there are over 4000 different kinds of Potatoes? Choose your favorite or choose a bunch because Potatoes are so tasty and easy to cook that no matter what you pick you won’t go wrong! Not being wrong is a wonderful way to celebrate anything, so try that out today.
- There’s no wrong way to prepare a Potato and the Internet or our grandmothers have a million and one recipes for us to try. Select a favorite recipe, then hop to it and discover for yourself why this recipes is such a hot commodity. Don’t forget to invite family and make it an event!
- Creamy and Buttery or crispy and Salty, the last step to enjoying this holiday is the best step eating Potatoes ! Most of us will eat Potatoes in any form. Even baked into Bread! We think consuming Potatoes in mass quantities is the best way to celebrate Potatoes on their holiday.
WHY PEOPLE LOVE NATIONAL POTATO DAY
- Hashbrowns or Potato Salad, hot or cold, no matter how you slice Potatoes they have been a staple in diets all over the World because they’re easy to grow, tasty and relatively inexpensive to produce and buy. Nearly ever cuisine has Potatoes in it. You can take a culinary journey with the Potato by your side.
- People have spoken! Potato Chips are regularly regarded as the most delicious snack. I couldn’t agree more. There isn’t a better party food than the Potato Chip. Pour them in a bowl and let the festivities begin! With Potato Chips coming in more and more flavors all the time, you’ll never run out of ways to enjoy your favorite Potatoes with your family.
- Potatoes are grown in all 50 States! Which makes it make sense to have a National Holiday to celebrate the crop that can feed an entire Country. We really do think Potatoes is all that and a bag of Chips so pick up a bag, and celebrate National Potato Day.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
