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[–] Engywuck@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago

The photo is terrifying.

[–] Cleverdawny@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Potatoes are amazing. They grow easily in a wide variety of soil and produce food which has every nutrient we need except for a complete protein. And, they're a vegetable, so you can tell someone you're eating your vegetables and then go to McDonald's for some frenchy fries

[–] kubica@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The frying is the questionable part. (Well, the french part too but...)

[–] Cleverdawny@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Still vegetables! Everyone knows that a nice dinner at a Chinese buffet is healthy if you eat a few green beans lmao

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

A succulent Chinese meal?!?

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY PENIS!!

[–] aaronbieber@beehaw.org 1 points 10 months ago

I mean, in fairness, "vegetable" isn't a scientific term at all, so whether potatoes are vegetables (or tubers, or roots, or something else) is totally up for debate.

But they're a hell of a lot more of a vegetable than pizza is!

[–] Todesschnitzel@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Never let your potato-pc run after midnight. Or this will happen.

[–] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

As a communist that is also of Irish descent, and absolutely loves potato based dishes, I feel like this meme is specifically crafted for me.

The potato found you

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago

It’s heading for the screen in the upper right to google for soil.

[–] Damage@slrpnk.net 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Potatoes are fucking immortal, I recovered some of last year's from a planter whose soil was so dry it was almost sand, planted them again, watered them and they immediately sprouted vines and leaves.

[–] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 2 points 10 months ago

That's because this is pretty much their natural lifecycle. They're native to the Andes, where cold, dry weather is kind of the norm.

[–] tias@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I just found that mine are growing little mini potatoes even though they didn't find any soil.

[–] aksdb@feddit.de 1 points 10 months ago

They soiled themselves.

[–] doctorcrimson@lemmy.today 1 points 9 months ago

Potatoes revolutionized human agriculture once we discovered which parts of the plants weren't poisonous. Unlike the human standard before that point, mostly grains, Potatoes can grow even on slopes and mildly rocky terrain.

[–] spiderjuzce@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Now I'm scared to eat potatoes what if it grows in my stomach

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Then you will just be assimilated

[–] Maultasche@feddit.de 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You can if you want, but it's futile.

[–] librechad@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

If this is a stupid question feel free to call me retarted but is that actually how potatoes find the soil?

[–] Cacktus@feddit.de 1 points 10 months ago

[clap clap clap] "Oh, good. My slow clap processor made it into this thing. So we have that."

[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Potatoes are so easy to grow. You can grow a lot of them in a trash can full of dirt.

[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

The Irish's problem wasn't that they weren't growing enough food. Their problem is that Britain was taking all the food they did grow.