Yes you read that right. We are talking healthy, we are talking potato -- or paa-taa-to or 'tater, depending on your geography.

Did you know there are three types of potatoes? Waxy, starchy and all-purpose potatoes each command particular properties, benefits and best uses -- according to the grower, the dietitian and the chef.

Gleaning sources on the web, I visited the US Dept. of Agriculture and The Idaho Potato Museum websites and learned the following:

In 1974, an Englishman named Eric Jenkins grew 370 pounds of potatoes from one plant.

The world’s largest potato chip (on exhibit at the Potato Museum) was produced by the Pringles Company in Jackson, Tennessee, in 1990.

According to the USDA, “a diet of whole milk and potatoes would supply almost all of the food elements necessary

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