tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post20953327586118590..comments2024-01-08T19:49:13.932+00:00Comments on Froogville: Does that come with potatoes?Frooghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-59966785321462593942011-04-23T06:46:59.071+00:002011-04-23T06:46:59.071+00:00A strange interest for a lady!
Have the two of yo...A strange interest for a lady!<br /><br />Have the two of you ever visited a Potato Museum?<br /><br />I remember once being told that there was one in Prince Edward Island, Canada. I gather DC also has one somewhere. And Blackfoot, Idaho. And - what do you know? - <a href="http://www.potatomuseum.org/" rel="nofollow">Albuquerque, New Mexico</a>. I must ask Cedra about it.Frooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-91642840274518936862011-04-22T16:22:10.576+00:002011-04-22T16:22:10.576+00:00Haha, so much for security.
One of The Missus'...Haha, so much for security.<br /><br />One of The Missus's favorite topics, potatoes. She often says that they'd be her one desert-island food choice. (A weekly magazine columnist years ago asserted that the best such would be canned dog food, which -- while yes, unappealing -- is supposedly packed with all manner of nutrients.)JEShttp://johnesimpson.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-81827643145774698682011-04-22T02:00:49.082+00:002011-04-22T02:00:49.082+00:00I'm sure the Vegas show was way more fun, and ...I'm sure the Vegas show was <i>way more fun</i>, and probably at least twenty times larger.<br /><br />The China organizers couldn't afford the main space at the Agricultural Exhibition Centre; they were using <i>half</i> of one of the unregarded annexe buildings to the south; only a few dozen exhibitors.<br /><br />I'd been hoping there might be some free samples of potato <i>baijiu</i> on offer, but alas, no. (In fact, I gather that potatoes are seen as a high-efficiency source of fuel alcohol. But, at present, the Chinese government is instructing would-be producers to focus on cassava and sweet sorghum, since these can be grown on marginal land - or imported - and hence not impinge upon food production.)<br /><br />There were some odd products on show. Lots of starch products which supposedly have some kind of health application. Lots of dessicated <i>zhou</i> mixes - potato porridge, yummy! - some of them <i>dyed</i> lurid shades of green or pink. There also seems to be an odd obsession with breeding them down in size: the cocktail olive-sized ones I spied first proved to be quite cumbersome compared to the ball bearing-like ones less than a quarter of an inch in diameter. What gives with that?<br /><br />It appeared Wednesday was supposed to be a trade-only day, and there was heavy "security" - airport metal-detector doorways, and all.... which my friend and I inadvertently circumvented by walking in through an exit.Frooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-45370756508479441982011-04-22T01:51:50.675+00:002011-04-22T01:51:50.675+00:00[Groan]
The Pun Police will be paying you a call,...<i>[Groan]</i><br /><br />The Pun Police will be paying you a call, Don.Frooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-44327312126523802882011-04-21T23:39:35.298+00:002011-04-21T23:39:35.298+00:00You're too late. The Potato Expo was early Jan...You're too late. The <a href="http://www.potato-expo.com/" rel="nofollow">Potato Expo</a> was early Jan 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada, "billed as the largest conference and trade show for the North American potato industry." <br /><br />If you attend the expo in China keep an "eye" out for me.Don Taihttp://www.dontai.com/wp/noreply@blogger.com