All about Potatoes!

Who brought potatoes over to Europe for the first time?

• Spanish Conquistadors
• The Irish
• Christopher Columbus
• Your mom

Who was the first ethnic group to recognize the importance of potatoes?

• Western Europeans
• The English
• The Spanish
• The Irish

All parts of the potato plant (leaves, stems, flowers, roots) are___________

• Delicious
• Deciduous
• Poisonous
  
• Toxic

What deadly plant is the potato very similar to that European royalty used to poison kings, nobles &other undesirables?

• Belladonna
• Toxemia
• Nightshade
• Blarney Stone

In the US potatoes are marketed by what two things?

• Location of origin/Color
• Starch content/Color
• Location of origin/Starch Content
• Trick question, only starch content

What is an example of a high starch potato?

• Red potato
• Fingerling
• Yukon Gold
• Russet

Why do you poke holes all over a potato when you are baking it ?

• Makes it taste better
• Let's steam out when cooking
• Gives it a crunchy skin
• Makes sure it is soft and fluffy

Unless you want limp, soggy or gummy baked potatoes you should avoid what?

• Poking it with a fork before baking
• Foil
• Cooking it on a baking sheet
• Cooking it in the microwave

 An example of low-starch potato is__________

• Red Potato
• Fingerling Potato
• Yukon Gold
• Russet

What are new potatoes?

• A specific potato type
• A mini version of any type of potato
• Nothing, they don't exist
• Not a potato at all