What is National Tater Day?
NATIONAL TATER DAY
National Tater Day on March 31st is for you if you like your spuds. All varieties of potatoes are recognized on the day, providing us with essential vitamins, minerals, and fiber.
Potatoes are incredibly versatile, which may explain why so many people like them. They are the most popular vegetable in the United States, and they are the number one consumed vegetable. And if you consider how many ways we can eat the over 200 different varieties of potatoes in the United States, you shouldn't be surprised.
We can bake them first off. Who doesn't like a baked potato? We see you in back, yeah, we see you in back. Take your hand down. The rest of us adore the baked spud. Plus, those baked potatoes? You can make them twice with all sorts of delectable toppings. Twice! Secondly, we can boil them. We can make soups, salads, or even make mashed potatoes, one of the world's most popular potato dishes. Did you know that mashed potatoes have many different recipes as well? Without mashed potatoes, you can't have shepherd's pie. Dice them and slice them into thin strips, and we can make scalloped, fried, or even hashbrowns. And then, there are potato dumplings and pancakes.
This day may have had a different meaning than all the ways we use potatoes. Parts of Kentucky commemorated the sweet potato at the start of April (Tater Day). Sweet potatoes are one of the main cash crops in the area. Tater Day began in the early 1840s with the growing and selling of sweet potatoes. It is the country's oldest operating day.
