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Potatoes

Chili Bomb

Both a noun and an action, chili-bombing loads a pizza with tater tots, chili, and Cheez Whiz.

Colcannon with scallions and bacon.

Colcannon

A hearty Irish staple that can tell your fortune.

Czernina

Duck blood makes this Polish soup extra rich.

The memorial.

Bucharest, Romania

Memorial of Rebirth

This memorial to the victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989 is often compared to a potato on a skewer.

Wrestling at the Potato Days festival in Barnesville, Minnesota.

Mashed Potato Wrestling

These spud showdowns are highly-anticipated events at tuber-focused festivals in the United States.

Irish Potato Candy

This sweet spud is neither made with tubers, nor of Irish origin.

Hot Beef Sundae

Pretty please with a cherry (tomato) on top?

Potato Doughnuts

The first American doughnut chain used spuds.

Antoine Parmentier painted by François Dumont in 1812.

History’s Greatest Potato Promoter Relied on Science and Stunts

Before Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, the French considered the tuber disgusting and poisonous.

Jim Clarke June 6, 2018

Potatoes on the tomb.

Grave of Antoine-Augustin Parmentier

The tomb of history's greatest potato promoter is surrounded by tubers.

Heaven and Earth

This German comfort food unites earthbound potatoes with apples from above.

Cocoa powder makes convincing potato skin.

Ice Cream Potato

In Idaho, even sundaes pay tribute to the state's beloved tuber.

Seongmin Ahn's "Multifaceted Potato" incorporates actual potatoes.

The Art Show That's All Potatoes

It's courtesy of the tuber's biggest hype man.

Anne Ewbank April 2, 2018

Aligot from Le Politique Austin.

Aligot

These extra-cheesy potatoes resemble decadent fondue.

Arcilla de chaco is a mixture of clay, water, and salt.

Arcilla de Chaco

In the Andean highlands, clay makes bitter potatoes more palatable.

A master at work.

Watch a Man Play 'Sandstorm' on a Potato

Who says you can't shred a 1999 club classic on a tuberous ocarina?

Paula Mejia January 2, 2018

A tray of corn flake–topped casserole.

Funeral Potatoes

A casserole of cheesy, corn flake–topped tubers offers comfort to Mormons in mourning.

An anti-war comment on Goebbels' "Total War" speech.

Copenhagen, Denmark

Wehrmacht Graffiti

Bored potato-guarding Nazis etched their thoughts onto a brick storage building in Copenhagen's Meatpacking District.