Potato

So, there’s a new Netflix gameshow called, Bullsh*t The Gameshow. The show stars Howie Mandel as the host, and in the most recent episode (Season 1, Episode 8), the million-dollar question was about the Giant Potato Airbnb that we have here in Idaho.

A "special report" just named this unusual version of a popular treat as Idaho's "signature dish"... how wrong is this report?

Idaho produces more potatoes than any other state. That may not be a surprise but did you know on average in one year is is over a billion dollars in revenue for the state?! That is a lot of potatoes. How much do we really know about these potatoes that have helped make our great state what it is today?

It's Idaho, not Iowa or Indiana!

Potatoes can be made thousands of different ways. The possibilities nearly endless. However when I saw Peanut Putter and Jelly potatoes on the list it didnt make sense to me. So of course I had to order it and try it.

Idaho and potatoes go hand in hand. Idaho brings in about $1 Billion per year through farming and agriculture around potatoes alone. Some of the ways Idahoans celebrate potatoes and how the gem state and other west coast states prefer to eat them.

Idaho is well known for it's potatoes. We have a potato hotel, a potato museum and the famous potato bowl. We even celebrate with a massive potato dropping from the sky on New Years Eve to bring in the new year. Yet a couple from New Zealand is making international headlines with some massive potato news. Ok, well maybe just a massive potato.

However, one potato farmer in Idaho is making a difference.

When the Idaho Potato Commission unveiled their six-ton potato in 2011, it wasn't supposed to last more than a year.

We live in Idaho and home to the best potatoes in the world. We have the potato bowl, the giant potato truck and our license plates proudly state 'Famous Potatoes.'