Tuber Time or Perhaps Ramblin' Tater

It is interesting the way things change with time. Wheat has been known as the staff of life. Keeping company with wheat is corn and rice. Altogether these crops help to give sustenance to the worlds population. Now we are turning to these same crops to help break our dependence on oil. Thanks to this and increased development in China and India the price of these staples have skyrocketed. In turn, we have witnessed double digit inflation in grocery prices recently.

Enter the potato. I read an article on Reuters about potatoes last night. It seems that people are rediscovering the benefits of potatoes, but thus far speculators in the market have not "bitten" the potato yet. Read the article here, it is interesting.

Potatoes are native to Peru and will grow anywhere from the frigid slopes of the Andes to the flat lands of tropical Asia. Not only that, but potatoes will yield more per acre that rice or wheat. Potatoes also yield a flour that can be used in baking bread. It has been used in donuts for some time. There used to be a Spudnuts Donuts shop in Waco a long time ago. It seems that it was on 25th Street, just across the street from O & H Rare Foods. (You could by chocolate covered ants at O & H by the way.) But that was long ago. It seems that I recall my brother working there for a time delivering for them. But, that too was a long time ago.

There still seem to be some Spudnut shops around, but I am not sure they are related to the one Waco had. Here is another article about Spudnuts that is very interesting. Need a recipe so you can try the Spudnut donut? Here ya go.

How I ended up on a donut recipe I'm not sure. I guess that's what happens when you don't have a GPS unit to give you direction in life.

I don't know if any of you care, but I used to buy some pretty good sandwiches and O & H. I seem to remember pastrami on rye and other good deli sandwiches. I didn't get the ants though. Another place that had good sandwiches was Antone's in Houston. I reckon I should change that to "still has good sandwiches." When I lived in Houston I loved them. Check 'em out here.

Guess what? Still no GPS. Can ya' tell? © 2008 Barry T Horst This work is licensed under a
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