Last year, Britain's Potato Council complained that the definition of couch potato implied that the nutritious tuber was inherently unhealthy, thus driving down business.
How or when the humble tuber followed the silver to Europe is unclear, but by the early 17th century the stage was set there for a vast expansionary phase in the potato's history.
As the frizzy-haired, tuber-nosed sidekick of Moe and Curly, Larry played an amiable idiot who spent most of his time dodging pies.
Grocers allege potato group pumped up spud prices A U.S. wholesale grocer says America's potato farmers have run an illegal price-fixing cartel for a decade, driving up spud prices while spying on farmers with satellites and aircraft fly-overs to enforce strict limits on how many tubers they can grow.
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David Cameron in 570 News We hope to spur a green revolution in Africa which respects biodiversity and the continent's distinct regions and great variety of crops -- from millet and sorghum in the Sahel, to the root and tuber belts that cut across humid west Africa, to... Kofi Annan http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kofi_Annan&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGrYnnQZab6ngDH3ZLdL095P4wzzg AllAfrica.com http://www.google.com/url?q=http://allafrica.com/stories/200806050376.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHx9FT_SwhqDsdwgftP_cMQlClvXQ Jun 5, 2008
102435 135970 tuber It's a marketability issue not a health issue," said Cameron. "As far as french fries go, there's no loss to the tuber."
Richard Lochhead in Scotsman Richard Lochhead, the Cabinet Secretary for rural affairs and the environment, said: "Scotland needs to develop its export markets for seed potatoes as a result of a decline in UK sales. The news that our mini-tuber producers have gained approval...