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The Potato Museum Show
Добавлен 17 апр 2010
Seriously? Yes, indeed. The Potato Museum was established in 1975, by teacher Tom Hughes and his students at the International School of Brussels, in Belgium. One of the first “food museums” anywhere in the world, it grew from there, and today comprises the world's largest collection on the history and social influence of the powerful potato.
Its artifacts, artwork and objects have been key to three major exhibitions: “Seeds of Change,” produced by the Smithsonian in the early 90s; at the same time, “The Amazing Potato,” a 6500 square foot project of Ottawa’s Museum of Science and Technology; and back in Washington, DC, in 2010, “Spuds Unearthed!” put on by the US Botanic Garden on the Mall. Next up? A major project with a team in Northern Ireland.
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Its artifacts, artwork and objects have been key to three major exhibitions: “Seeds of Change,” produced by the Smithsonian in the early 90s; at the same time, “The Amazing Potato,” a 6500 square foot project of Ottawa’s Museum of Science and Technology; and back in Washington, DC, in 2010, “Spuds Unearthed!” put on by the US Botanic Garden on the Mall. Next up? A major project with a team in Northern Ireland.
Want to own the potato collection? Establish a profitable venue for The Potato Museum? Email us.
Видео
Patate Italiano
Просмотров 162 часа назад
We explore the long and important history of the potato in Italy. It was Italians, afterall, who first cultivated the spud after the Spanish brought the tuber to Europe. Italian priests carried potatoes north of the Alps to northern Europe, first to what became Germany and Belgium. Meredith and Tom share some of their collection and memories of their many times in Italy, first as students in Fl...
A Paucity of Potatoes
Просмотров 114 часа назад
Too many or too few potatoes that has been the situation facing producers and consumers forever. This show uses our collections to explore the subject of scarcity of spuds or substituting them to save wheat supplies for allied troops and food insecure Belgians and in parts of northern France during WW 1. The occupying German forces stole the people's potatoes and other supplies to feed themselv...
Digging Potatoes: Then and Now
Просмотров 3712 часов назад
Some of The Potato Museum’s potato digging memorabilia are displayed and discussed in this show. Before large combine harvesters, digging potatoes was accomplished with a variety of horse drawn mechanical devices. Otherwise, lifting and gathering potatoes is by hand with shovels or forks. As shown in pictures and videos harvesting potatoes was an inter-generational activity. A potato spinner is...
Tater Tot Tell-All + Tim Walz, Too: Oregon Farmers' Fried Chunks of Spud Scraps Story
Просмотров 6514 часов назад
Tater tots, grated potatoes formed into small cylinders and deep-fried, were invented in 1953 when American frozen food company Ore-Ida founders F. Nephi Grigg, Golden Grigg, and Ross Erin Butler Sr. were trying to figure out what to do with leftover slivers of cut-up potatoes. They chopped up the slivers, added flour and seasoning, then pushed the mash through holes in a plywood board and slic...
Dehydrated Potatoes: an 800 Year Old Story---Chuño to Instant Mashies
Просмотров 5414 часов назад
Processing potatoes for storage has a long history; the Incas used climate to produce the first dehydrated potatoes. The process entailed an overnight freezing and thawing cycle plus low humidity. The ice crystals that formed forced openings in the cell tissue allowing for liquid to escape. The Incas employed foot power to expel the liquid. The cycle was repeated several times to lower the mois...
Potato Bodies and Heads
Просмотров 1319 часов назад
The Potato Museum's collection of images featuring humans with potato heads or bodies are explored here. With the advent of color lithography and multi-color printing, advertising trade cards were popular in the late 19th century. Businesses began to create increasingly sophisticated designs, using color printing. A few American companies specialized in producing stock cards, usually with an im...
Japanese Potatoes
Просмотров 24День назад
When potatoes first introduced to the port city of Nagasaki in 1598, they were brought in by Dutch traders from Djajakarta or Jacatra, as Jakarta, Indonesia, was known at the time. Therefore they were called jagatora-imo (imo being the word used for all potato-like vegetables). The term was eventually shortened to the jaga-imo we know today. A second introduction came with US Navy's Commodore M...
Potato King of California: George Shima
Просмотров 11День назад
Potato King of California: George Shima
World Food Prize Laureate, Potato Scientist, Dr. John Niederhauser
Просмотров 6День назад
World Food Prize Laureate, Potato Scientist, Dr. John Niederhauser
Spud Island/PEI: Canada's Smallest Province and Biggest Potato Producer
Просмотров 2114 дней назад
Spud Island/PEI: Canada's Smallest Province and Biggest Potato Producer
Potato Provider Heroes: Ray Buchanan and Ken Horne and their "Pass the Potatoes" Projects
Просмотров 214 дней назад
Potato Provider Heroes: Ray Buchanan and Ken Horne and their "Pass the Potatoes" Projects
Giving Away Free Potatoes: Ugly or Not
Просмотров 3314 дней назад
Giving Away Free Potatoes: Ugly or Not
Potato Provider for the Food Insecure: Addison Thacher
Просмотров 214 дней назад
Potato Provider for the Food Insecure: Addison Thacher
A Potato Tale from the Great Depression: True Story
Просмотров 2421 день назад
A Potato Tale from the Great Depression: True Story
"Potato Patches" Pingree: Pioneer of US Community Gardens Movement
Просмотров 2021 день назад
"Potato Patches" Pingree: Pioneer of US Community Gardens Movement
Digging Our Container Potatoes, Part 1: shriveled stalks, yield & shells of the two seed potatoes
Просмотров 10228 дней назад
Digging Our Container Potatoes, Part 1: shriveled stalks, yield & shells of the two seed potatoes
Chips: Classic American to Exotically Foreign
Просмотров 2628 дней назад
Chips: Classic American to Exotically Foreign
Damage Control: Evolution of Electronic Potatoes that Experience and Report on Mishandling Equipment
Просмотров 5828 дней назад
Damage Control: Evolution of Electronic Potatoes that Experience and Report on Mishandling Equipment
Peeling Potatoes: Exploring a Gender Divide
Просмотров 3028 дней назад
Peeling Potatoes: Exploring a Gender Divide
Lay's "Betcha' Can't Eat Just One: the global potato chip brand Herman Lay founded
Просмотров 17928 дней назад
Lay's "Betcha' Can't Eat Just One: the global potato chip brand Herman Lay founded