Darina Allen: Celebrating National Potato Day

Drat, I’ve just discovered that I missed National Potato Day. It was on Friday, October, 4.

Darina Allen: Celebrating National Potato Day
Thu, 17 Oct, 2019 - 20:00
Darina Allen

Drat, I’ve just discovered that I missed National Potato Day. It was on Friday, October, 4. Somehow it whizzed by without me registering but I really want to write a column extolling the virtues of my veggie hero —my top pick for a desert island staple.

Why do we insist on calling it the humble spud when for me it is the most versatile of all vegetables.

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