monster potato
What would you say if you ran across a 7 pound, 13 ounce potato in your garden? Pretty impressed? That’s the current official Guinness Book record holder as the world’s heaviest potato.
But the current BBC News Magazine site has a story on a farmer’s find in his field that blows away the current record holder. This specimen reportedly weighs in at 24.9 pounds (11.3 kilos), and was produced with “no fertilizer or other chemicals,” according to the story. [ image source ]
From my calculations, this potato, if mashed and served at a holiday meal, would feed anywhere from 50 to 125 eaters, depending on how many of them are still doing the Atkins Diet. I’m afraid that, even with my extended family, I’d have a lot of leftovers…
December 09 2008 08:32 pm | Categories: gardening | Tags: potatoes • vegetables
Helen/patientgardener on 10 Dec 2008 at 4:37 am #
I wouldnt imagine it would taste that great — I think the bigger the veggie the tougher they are but I could be wrong.
lostlandscape on 10 Dec 2008 at 8:05 pm #
Yah, the jumbo vegetable specimens seem to be horticultural stunts more than anything to do with growing food. I think immediately of the half-ton pumpkins that make the news in the fall. I’m sure those are close to inedible!