The Year of the Potato
Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 1:00 pm
I've run into this from two very different sources over the last week:
This is from Mary Hunt's Everyday Cheapskate newsletter:
http://www.drmcdougall.com/misc/2008nl/may/potato.htm
This is from Mary Hunt's Everyday Cheapskate newsletter:
This is from Dr. McDougall's newsletter:Load Up on Potatoes for Nutrition and Thrift
Whether you’re a news junkie or grocery price hound, you are keenly aware that the cost of food is rising. And not only in America, but around the world. As wheat and rice prices surge, there’s one commodity that is getting a lot of attention: potatoes. In fact there are some who predict potatoes will emerge as the solution to world hunger.
As a way to focus on this situation, the United Nations named 2008 the International Year of the Potato, calling the vegetable a “hidden treasure.â€
Potatoes will grow almost anywhere, require very little water and mature in just 50 days. They are nutritious, have only 5 percent of the fat content of wheat (provided they’re not loaded up with butter and sour cream) and come in a rainbow of colors, from alabaster-white to bright yellow and deep purple.
They also have one-fourth of the calories of bread and, when boiled, have more protein than corn and nearly twice the calcium, according to the Potato Center. They contain vitamin C, iron, potassium and zinc.
If you’re interested in keeping a lid on soaring grocery prices without giving up nutrition, start buying more potatoes.
http://www.drmcdougall.com/misc/2008nl/may/potato.htm