Yet an another Event - A Potato Fe(a)st

"I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies all right. But my damn friends—they're the ones that keep me walking the floor nights! "
---- Warren G. Harding

Friends - They make you do things which you otherwise think inane, or to be more appropriate would not have thought possible. But then, here I am, doing exactly what my best pal, fellow blogger, Siri thinks I could. Whats that? - An Event! Who am I to complain! :-)



This is going to be my first and I sure did hear 'Oh No, Not Again!' comment from many, but hey this event is as simple as it gets. Taters,Murphy, Spuds,Kartoffel, Aloo, Kelangu or simply Potatoes. Call it whatever - a potato is a potato is a potato ;-) This is the International year of the Potato which has been chosen to spread an awareness about the importance of Potatoes( as if we would eat only then!). Now you all must be aware that we already had an event on the same theme for JFI, but potatoes are an all time fav and this is Its year. We have countless recipes and countless varieties that we always have room for more. Purple Potatoes, Baby Potatoes, fingerling Potatoes,Red potatoes - the list is endless. So -

Bring out your best books,use your crooks,
Snap your tater dish with its dashing good looks
let imagination fly high- Oh you talented and passionate cooks!

(oh ok! I went overboard with my rhyming there! I know!)

Make any dish - Breakfast/Brunch/Lunch/CrunchMunch/Dinner - anything. Awe comeon, I know there is someone right now reading this post with potato chips in hand! You dont have to think hard!They are quite simple and easy to make. Potatoes appeal to all and are enjoyed by everyone,everwhere of all ages. So imbibed into potatoes are we that,this versatile vegetable ( more about it here,) finds it way into our vocabulary as well.( remember :" couch potato", "a hot potato","meat-and-potatoes ")They are healthy and wealthy and this poem by the Irish poet Bryant gives away the role played by it.

"They make the boys stout, and they keep the girls slender,
They soften the heart and they strengthen the mind;

And the man from the bog, or the lord in high splendor,
All live by potatoes, as all folks can find. "


Planning to add that potato in that dish to enhance the taste? Wondering when you are going to make that potato dish you have been keeping in the draft for a long while? Have time just enough to make that simple potato curry? Creative hormones working overtime for the simple potato dish?

All you have to do is to -

1)Blog about it including a link to this post. We would like to know.You can use the logo if you want to, so that others can join in for the fe(a)st.

2)They dont say "A Picture's worth a thousand words" for nothing. Take one. Resize it to 300X300 pixel. ( Ok height doesn't matter much! but keep the width 300!)

3)Send your wonderful entries with your Name,Post Url,Dish Name and Picture to me at dhivikarthik@gmail.com by Feb 29th ( Yes 29th.its the leap year!:-))

4)Multiple entries are utmost welcome.

5) Not yet caught in the Blogging Addiction and dont have a blog? Thats never a problem. Send me your recipe to the same mail along with your name,location and a picture of your dish (optional, but would be great if you could!)

I would apprecite your participation in this event and even the potatoes would be grateful, am sure :). On a lighter note want to share a tater joke :-<

Why didn't the mother potato want her daughter to marry the famous newscaster?

Because he was a commontater.

he he!

Addendum

Hey, You all are in so much luck! Guess what,another wonderful blogger is also in my same situation - same theme and first time event - Visit Sia's Ode to Potatoes Event. Two in One. Make a post and ship it off to both of us! :-)Its going to rain Pats and Pogs! Ouch! Ahem! I meant Potatoes! ;-)