Potato Paradise, Peru and worldwide. My Museum Wishlist - the Idaho Potato Museum, USA, and potato museums in Canada and Poland

Idaho Potato Museum, in Blackfoot, Idaho, USA.
 

I love potatoes. More than rice and pasta. I love potatoes. I grew up in the UK when in postwar Britain the shops advertised meat and two ve and one of the vegetables was potato (now counted as a starch.)

Potato Dishes

What do I love? In England I would have roast potatoes with a Sunday lunch, in Jewish restaurants potato latke (like the Swiss rosti and American has fries. 

What else? First and foremost, saute potatoes. For health, and speed or rather speed ad ease of preparation, baked potatoes in their jackets.

Every UK supermarket has lots of potatoes all year. Starting with new potatoes  my least favourite.

Where are the potato museums.

The USA - Idaho.

Also Canada.

The Canadian Potato Museum.

POLAND

The potato is the symbol of Poznan. The  Potato Museums's guided tour starts with visitors preparing a potato dish with spices. and ends with the visitor eating it. 

Poland also has a monument to the potato on the north west coast at Biesiekierz. I had trouble spelling and typing the names, until I realized it was i before e three times..

Monument to the potato at Biesiekierz, Poland. More details in Wikipedia.

Where can you eat and find potatoes?

Potato festivals are held all over the world, including the USA and Ireland.

Vending machines for cooked potatoes have been seen in Belgium, Canada, Israel, Singapore, and other countries.  

Potato dishes for travellers to try world wide include savoury potatoes and desserts, admittedly mostly made with sweet potatoes.:

UK, especially England

Fish and chips

INDIAN (in Indian restaurants in the UK and Singapore)

Aloo ghobi

Sag aloo (spinach and potato. Aloo is potato.\

USA

Baked potatoes in their jackets (Also called jacket potatoes.)

McDonalds.

UK

Fish and chip shops.

McDonalds fries

Potato crisps (called chips in the USA)

In which countries and places can travellers find potatoes?

BELGIUM

French fries.called Frites

France

Pommes Dauphinoise

 Useful Websites

https://www.foodrepublic.com/1294946/things-you-didnt-know-about-potatoes/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_potato_museums

https://www.idahopotatomuseum.com/

For foodies!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_food_and_beverage_museums

CANADA

https://potatomuseum.com/ (Canada)

https://canadianpotatomuseum.com/

Also in Canada an advertising sculpture of the Big Potato Man

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Potato_Man

POLAND

https://its-poland.com/attraction/potato-museum-of-poznan

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/potato-monument-pomnik-ziemniaka

WORLDWIDE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_potato_dishes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_fry_vending_machine

DIY Potato recipes

https://www.marksandspencer.com/c/food-and-wine/cooking/recipes/potatoes-recipes/

https://www.thelittleepicurean.com/purple-sweet-potato-pie-bars/

Using the book Naturally Delicious desserts.

Potato Food

Tesco's website for the UK offers Maris Piper potatoes, all rounder potatoes, new potatoes, mashed potatoes and peeled potatoes.

https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/260999122

Potato Gifts

Crochet Potato ball with message

https://www.temu.com/uk/1pc-mini-funny-positive-potato-cute-wool-crochet-knitted-potato-toy-party-favor-gifts-knitted-plush-potatoes-birthday-christmas-decoration-encourage-positive-energy-

Key ring motif potato with message

https://www.temu.com/uk/cute-acrylic-potato-keychain-with-tassel-double-sided-emotional-support-appreciation-gift

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