Should-Reads: How the Potato Became a Staple of Our Meals as Well as Our Metaphors

As far as food-related idioms go, the potato has plentiful. And the <em>Atlas Obscura</em> article pares beautifully through centuries of history and geography, linguistics and economy, as it takes out the eyes, er whys, and hows behind the potato's metaphorical popularity.

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