This is an entire month devoted to the celebration of the not-so-humble potato, a tuber chock full of many different nutrients.
Potatoes are very flexible and there are so many ways of preparing them that it is quite possible to have them made a different way every single day of the month.
This is only a handful of different ways in which the potato can be prepared:
Baked - Also known as jacket potatoes, the potatoes are baked in an oven with their skin on, often wrapped in foil. After cooking, the potatoes are often split open and filled, perhaps only with butter, but the wide range of possible fillings means that it's possible to have a different baked potato every day of the month.
French Fried - Cut into fries or chips and then fried in oil.
Mashed - The potatoes are peeled, boiled and then mashed with milk.
Pancakes - These can be made with potatoes.
Potato Salad - Peeled or unpeeled potatoes are boiled, sliced into pieces - or used whole if they are small enough - and mixed with a dressing made with such as mayonnaise or salad cream.
Roasted - The potatoes are cut into pieces, covered in fat, such as goose fat, and then roasted in an oven.
Scalloped - A variety of different dishes with sliced, boiled potatoes placed in a dish, often sprinkled with grated cheese, and browned under a grill.
There are many more ways of using potatoes.
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