num_pages: 128
description: We LOVE potatoes and why not? At only 100 calories per spud they're an incredible source of vitamins and minerals (they pack more vitamin C than tomatoes and oranges) and contain 60 different kinds of phytochemicals and vitamins in their skins and flesh. They are also one of the most popular of foods whether its a bowl of buttery mash a cone of salty chips at the seaside or a baked spud with melting cheese on top. But perhaps the most amazing thing about potatoes is how useful they areThis book looks at every aspect of this humble vegetable from its origins and how it spread around to world to how to grow them cook and eat them. From comfort food to eye watering poteen we can also use them to clean silverware remove rust shine shoes create a decorative stamp and alleviate arthritis heartburn and even cure scurvy!
language: English
title: The Potato: History, culture and varieties - Growing and storing your own - Using potatoes around the home - Favourite ways to eat and drink them - All you need to know in one concise manual
publisher: Haynes Publishing UK