How big is the largest potato chip ever made?
The world’s largest potato chip (on exhibit at the Potato Expo) was produced by the Pringle’s Company of Jackson, Tennessee in 1990. It measures 23″ x 14.5″. Q: How many pounds of potatoes does the average person consume? The average American eats about 124 pounds of potatoes per year while Germans eat about twice as much. Q: Are potatoes only brown, white and red? Did you know fresh potatoes come in many other colors? Blue, yellow, purple, and orange are the most popular commercially available varieties. Q: Did the National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) send a potato into space? In October 1995, the potato became the first vegetable to be grown in space. NASA and the University of Wisconsin , Madison , created the technology with the goal of feeding astronauts on long space voyages, and eventually, feeding future space colonies. Q: Can potatoes magically transform into snow? Guess what! Steven Spielberg thought so. In the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind dried pota
