The Potato Eaters

Sprouting potatoes When you think of a potato you think Yum!But ever wonder what the science behind What is a Potato? A potato is a oval shaped vegetable similar to a egg that comes in different many shapes and sizes.It is one of the main crops in the world.It grows well in cool places/storagesThey are also a memember of the night shade family which means they are not sweet like for example a tomamato.It was first domesticated by southern Peru and now is all over the world and…

According to the Constitutional Rights Foundation, “more than half of the Irish people depended on the potato as the main part of their diet, and almost 40 percent had a diet consisting of entirely potatoes…if the potato crop failed, there was nothing to replace it.” It was in the summer of 1845 that the first sign of trouble occurred. The crop seemed to be flourishing, but when the potatoes were being harvested…

be using potatoes. Potatoes are members of the family Solanaceae. Solanaceous plants originated in the new world, and the potato and its relatives were first introduced to Europe in the 16th century. The edible part of a potato, the tuber, is derived from the potato stem. It is rich is starch and has some protein just under the skin. These nutrients are stored in the potato and are intended by the plant to be used for supplying energy and raw materials for new plant growth (Schultz 2006).…

fries, Hash browns, Vodka, these are just some of the fantastic uses for potatoes. The Potato is a fantastic starch and a very versatile vegetable. Where did they come from? Where are they Grown? How do we store and eat them? These are just some topics I will be discussing in this paper. Staring with the history we will find where and when the first potatoes had been farmed and cultivated. The history of the potato begins in the high Andes Mountains of South America at elevations often…

Midterm 1. Alternative crops are crucial to changing the unhealthy dieting habits of modern culture as the reliance on calorie rich crops rise. The world is shifting its agricultural focus to crops like wheat, corn, and soybeans while crops like sweet potato, cassava and yam are declining in numbers (Parker, 2014). With such a limited number of crops being relied on to provide most dietary nutrition, those crops have to be specifically bred and genetically modified to keep up with the…

water potentials are different because the two cells do not consist of the same amount of solute. The concentration of the white potato cell was approximately .23 M of sucrose, while the sweet potato was .59 M of sucrose. While a white potato consists of some sucrose, the sweet potato consists of .36 M more. When both were placed in a 1.0 M sucrose condition, the sweet potato lost only 2.19 grams while the white lost 5.82 because since the white had less concentration of sucrose, it required…

Sustainable Consumption: French fries The article, “Study Sheds Light on Broadening U.S. Hunger Problem” was very interesting to read. I am thankful for programs that help people out when they are in need for food because sometimes I have to get help from their services. I would always wonder why most healthy foods were for a higher price than unhealthy foods; I believe that is why most people are having a hard time getting rid of fat. Maybe stores should have discounts on items for college…

Investigation was carried out to assess the effect of salt concentration on quality of sauerkraut prepared from mature cabbage head. Cabbage sample were chopped in small pieces and mixed with different salt concentrations ie., 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, 3.5 and 4.0 % and allowed to ferment for preparation of sauerkraut at ambient condition. Acidity of sauerkraut increased with increase in fermentation period and it reached maximum on 21 days after fermentation and thereafter it decreased in all the salt…

There are various ways to grow tasty, nutrient-packed potatoes, all of which are reasonably easy and straightforward. In a nutshell, potatoes grow best when placed in light, loose soil and placed out of direct sunlight—farmers who grow potatoes pray like mad men for rain because they want to ensure that they’ll be able to harvest a luxury of well-grown potatoes when the time comes. With most crops, you could see the “fruit of your labor” while it’s growing. Potatoes, on the other hand, grow…

Five Guys gets their potatoes primarily from Idaho and display the exact farmer whose potatoes are being used in that particular store each day. They buy about five percent of the total potato product of Idaho according to the President of the Idaho Potato Commission, Frank Muir (Ellis, 2012). Rick Miles Produce of Rigby, Idaho delivers all of the 2.5 million pounds each week to Five Guys from his association of only 100 families. However, as the brand grew/grows sourcing…