Potatoes

[Cuddles]

Apparently you can make chips out of them. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/5357434.stm

Is anyone else a little worried that children need lessons on where chips come from? Surely they already know the stork brings them. Or something like that.

[Admin]

Looks like McCain's marketing department have found a way of targeting children. Or am I just being a cynic? :ponder:

[wollery]

Perfectly timed to coincide with the reappearance of Jamie Oliver pontificating on how bad kids' diets are.

"Chips are made from potatoes, and potatoes are fresh vegetables, so they really are good for you!" ::)


Actually I can't see the article as it's on the BBC news website, but I imagine that that's what it says.

[median]

Perhaps they ought to be looking at surface area to volume ratios instead. ???
Fatter 'chips' mean less oil compared to 'fries'.
God, how I hate that term. Ronald Mc Donald wants flaying alive!

Tobacco and potatoes.

Sir Walter Raleigh, you have a lot to answer for, sir! >:( ;D

[asthmatic camel]

Perhaps they ought to be looking at surface area to volume ratios instead. ???
Fatter 'chips' mean less oil compared to 'fries'.
God, how I hate that term. Ronald Mc Donald wants flaying alive!

Tobacco and potatoes.

Sir Walter Raleigh, you have a lot to answer for, sir! >:( ;D


Aww, I feel a little sorry for the much-maligned spud. Poor Mr. Potato is easy to grow and a good source of carbohydrates and vitamin C. He's also versatile and able to adapt to many different environments. Without him, there would be a lot more hungry people in the world. He does, however, scream and have nightmares at the thought of being tortured by Ronald McDonald.

[Hazen]

I was under the impression that 'chips' were the invention of a Yorkshire man (can't remember where I got that from) and that 'French fries' (or 'freedom fries' if you're a USAian) were specifically the crinkly cut variety.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_chip

It's all part of the scheme: the plants fight back