I feel like we could have done better than 'baked potato' for a fancy dinner. Come on.

Wanting to get drunk?

Vodka, distilled fermented potato juice

Need something to run Linux on? Potato

God bless the people of the Andean Plateau, who looked at a moderately poisonous tuber that can freaking kill you, and said, "Eh, it's fine, just don't eat too many of 'em."

A few thousand years of selective breeding and hard work later, we have one of the most important crops in the world.

Cool science class demo about the power of compressed air? Potato gun.

This is stupid. It gets plenty of recognition. Everyone loves potatoes. Makes alcohol too.

Midlife crisis/divorce/utter failure? Vodka.

Want to get more control over the Irish? Potato Famine.

I think oil is doing a lot of unsung work here

Boil, mash, stick em a stew!

I heard some grow in permafrost

baked potato is fancy? wow

Fancy breakfast?

Saved that astronaut guy stranded on Mars.

Baked potatoes fancy? I love a baked potato with beans and cheese, but it's hardly fancy.

Fondant potatoes are what you want for fancy (and delicious).

Recreational even.

Wanna get wasted? Vodka Wanna just launch something as far as you can? Potato gun

My man, wait until you hear about this thing called rice.

The fact that we eat them on every occasion is recognition.

What's so fancy about a baked potato?

The classic Irishman's dilemma: do I eat this potatoe today, or ferment it so I can drink it tomorrow?

You would be quite welcome in !potatoism@lemmy.world.

Breakfast? Apple. Fast food? Apple. Fancy dinner? Apple. Holidays? Apple. Relaxing at home? Apple. There's Apple

TIL in America, Baked Potato with a Steak is “fancy”, rather than “a Wednesday”.

I’d say the same about eg. Chicken “Kiev” with Potato Dauphinoise, standard ready meal gastropub fare.

potatoes are one of the few foods you can eat exclusively and survive for long periods of time

They're really versatile, I'm even using one as a laptop.

Alcohol? Vodka! Starch to make bread? Potato starch! 2 potatoes? 1 potato in the ground!