Well, whatever it is; regardless if you strap on the reindeer antlers or scowl at the “ugly” Christmas sweater parties throughout the month of December, I have a small treat for you!

As we prepare for the upcoming holiday, I would like to give you a few Spud Facts that will help prepare you for the inevitably long family visits that are quickly approaching! What’s a better conversation starter than some good quality spud facts?! When your family members begin to ask the typical “how’s school?”, “how are your grades?”, “how’s your honey?” (honey= partner, boyfriend, girlfriend, etc.), “when are you going to tie the knot?”, etc. here’s some random potato facts that will surely change the conversation!

• Did you know that the average American eats around 124-140 pounds of potatoes throughout the year? (That’s a HUGE amount!! But, the average German eats around 200+ pounds a year!!! WHAT?!)
• Potatoes are used in making Vodka! (Cheers to that! ;))
• Today, there are potatoes grown throughout all 50 States in the US and in more than 125 countries across the world! (I read a fact one time that said: every year enough potatoes are grown worldwide to cover a four-lane motorway circling the world six times!!)
• Potatoes are the 2nd most consumed food by Americans, coming in right behind dairy! (Which I must add, dairy is it’s own category; while potatoes are under the produce category…)
• The world’s largest potato weighed in at 18 pounds, 4 ounces according to the Guinness Book of World Records. That’s enough for 73 portions of medium fries at McDonald’s!! (Imagine that return on investment for McDonald’s! WOW!!)

These five solid facts are sure to get your family more focused on Potatoes and less focused on YOU! (Hopefully.. I’m not actually promising anything.)

Happy Holidays!!

XOXO,

Jess