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National Tater Day is a day set aside to celebrate the potato. Potatoes can be baked, boiled, steamed, roasted, fried , grilled and scalloped. They are used in stews, soups, dumplings, and pancakes. Actually they are used in or with about everything.
Potatoes came to America in the early 17th century. They were shipped from Europe to the early colonies.
In Kentucky there is a Tater Day in Benton,Kentucky. This was started in 1843 as a celebration of spring. It was also the oldest continuous trade day in U.S. They swapped or sold goods, such as guns, coon hounds, tobacco and livestock. The potato traded and celebrated was the sweet potato slips used to grow the plants.
Now they still celebrate the potato and have a festival and parade.
Potatoes came to America in the early 17th century. They were shipped from Europe to the early colonies.
In Kentucky there is a Tater Day in Benton,Kentucky. This was started in 1843 as a celebration of spring. It was also the oldest continuous trade day in U.S. They swapped or sold goods, such as guns, coon hounds, tobacco and livestock. The potato traded and celebrated was the sweet potato slips used to grow the plants.
Now they still celebrate the potato and have a festival and parade.