potato
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As the peaches soften, periodically crush them against the side of the saucepan with the back of a wooden spoon or a potato masher to help release their juices.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Lucy Munns, a potato farmer in Cambridgeshire, said the hot weather will stunt the root vegetable's growth, leading to oddly shaped tubers that supermarkets and chip shops, which she supplies, wouldn't normally buy.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
He said the new findings provide unusually strong evidence that natural selection acted on this gene in the Andes after potato cultivation began.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
You can’t help but grin at Sessa’s hoot when his scrawny Tony finally manages to muscle a raw potato through a french-fry slicer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
She picked a lettuce and a tomato for a salad and dug up a sweet potato to bake in a celebration bonfire, with fresh limpets from the rocks and coconut for dessert.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
Those "knobbly and misshapen potatoes" however are absolutely fine to eat, she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
For thousands of years, potatoes have been central to life in the Andes.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
When property was collectivized, his family used the land to farm potatoes, onions and other crops.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
It turns out it’s not what you mix into the dish that makes it delicious—it’s how you cook the potatoes.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
It was the first time my stomach had been full since the potatoes had failed.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
