Ugly Potatoes
The misshapen potato typically ends up as one of these two things
What are mashed potatoes or cattle feed
The number of ingredients in a McDonald's French Fry
What is 14
When cooking potatoes with water
What is steaming (Boiling)
The part of the potato plant we eat
The root
Most fresh way to get your potato
What is from the farm
The price people are willing to pay for an ugly potato
What is 70%
The type of fat that is worst to eat
What is Trans Fat
When cooking potatoes over a dry heat source
What is roasting (baked)
The brand responsible for the popularized potato chip
What is Lays
The distance away food can be to still be considered local
What is 100 miles
The comparative nutrients found in a regular potato vs an ugly potato
What is the same
A manufactured, cheap form of sugar
What is Dextrose
The oil used most often in cooking that has the most benefit for your health
What is Olive oil
Potatoes originated in this place
What is Peru
The difference between trace-ability and healthy/expensive foods
What is knowing where your food is coming from.
*it is important to know where your food has been so you don't end up eating a bunch of manufactured chemicals
The process of changing the form of potatoes that don't make it to market
What is Outgrading
This is very bad for your teeth and wears down your enamel
What is Citric Acid
The term for cooking with a little oil at high heat
What is sauté
The type of sugar found in a potato
What is amylose (starch)
Where people can go to get honest farm to table food
What is a farmers market
*not everything is expensive at a farmers market. If your parents have a bridge card they can get double the money when purchasing from a farmers market
The 4 reasons potatoes may not make it to market
What are size, texture, color and shape
A chemical that stops discoloration in foods
What is SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE
The potato based dumpling
What is Gnocchi
In what country did the potato famine happen
What is Ireland
The way you can participate today in traceable food today
What is planting your potatoes and harvesting them later, knowing exactly where they came from