Potatoes

Today is my youngest daughter's birthday and like all things in 2020, it's going to be weird.

In Idaho, potatoes are a big deal. What other state lets you have a license plate with a picture of a buttered baked potato on it?

It's a problem I never thought about during the pandemic, but Idaho is stuck with mountains of potatoes that couldn't be produced into French Fries as the COVID-19 pandemic shut down restaurants. Now the question is "what to do with them" so they don't go to waste.

The truck arrived before sunset.

How the late NBA star saved an Idaho icon.

It may be time to try out a different side dish

Potatoes, until scrubbed, are usually dirty and I imagine this might cause some itching.

If any of your friends ask any question about Idaho, ever, just reply to them with this song.

This seems like a stereotype, like someone heard 'Idaho' and wrote down the first thing they could think of.

A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. government illegally quarantined some Idaho potato fields infested with a microscopic pest that could threaten the state's $1.2 billion potato industry.

This Saturday you can sample a variety of uses and recipes.

Idahoans love their taters. Maybe not as much as this guy, but it’s the truth.
Still a better love story than Twilight. What I really admire about this guy is how much he loves his job, too. The personal connection to the potatoes is still a little weird to me but hey, at least h…