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The United Nations have officially declared the year 2008 the International Year of the Potato in order to “increase awareness of the importance of the potato as a food in developing nations”

                            A website all about potatoes?

  Hey, why not? After all, the potato is one of the most versatile vegetables available for cooking and the most popular tuber vegetable in the world. The are many variety of potatoes, many ways to cook them, and so many other uses that you can't even imagine! And there are so many potato recipes!!!

I just simply can't imagine a kitchen without potatoes. They are used as the main ingredient in many dishes, such as soups, scalloped potatoes, and other casserole dishes and stews. Potatoes are also a great source of vitamins and minerals. It is the most grown vegetable in the world, due in part to its health benefits.

Below you can see some of the most important nutritional facts:

 

Take a look at this five facts about potatoes:

- a potato has only between 70 to 100 calories

- a potato is about 80 % water

- a potato has potassium, vitamin C, iron, and fiber, protein,   carbohydrates, calcium, and magnesium, just to mention the

- the potato was the first vegetable to be grown in space in 1995

- There are about 5,000 potato varieties in the world

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