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arrow-up1340arrow-down1external-linkTIL that to promote potatoes, French agronomist Parmentier put guards around his potato fields, making them seem valuable. At night, they were left unguarded, so peasants could steal potatoes and growen.wikipedia.org@garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca • 8 months agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-square@agent_flounder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish8•8 months agoMy first try did not go well lol. Maybe next year. But anyway, they’re awesome. Full of nutrients and calories and they can keep for a long time if done properly. And so many things you can cook up with them.
minus-square@chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilink7•8 months agoIt gets even harder the more years you grow them, since at some point the potato beetles are going to find you and start setting up shop
minus-square@valkyre09@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink13•8 months agoWhat a tragic fucking end to the Martian that would have been
My first try did not go well lol. Maybe next year.
But anyway, they’re awesome. Full of nutrients and calories and they can keep for a long time if done properly.
And so many things you can cook up with them.
It gets even harder the more years you grow them, since at some point the potato beetles are going to find you and start setting up shop
What a tragic fucking end to the Martian that would have been