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[–] theotherone@kbin.social 84 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think it’s a nice gesture to give the full-sized Russet rather than the fun size new potato.

[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago (3 children)

With sour cream, chives and bacon bits, a russet potato is a meal all by itself.

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 21 points 1 year ago (12 children)

Just gobs of butter, salt, and pepper are all I need.

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[–] BaronVonBort@lemmy.world 54 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Kids just think they’re neat!

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[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 51 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ironically, the spud is absurdly more expensive than giving candy.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 year ago (5 children)

It is like a dollar each, but the smiles on kids faces as they walk home with the beginnings of a stew are priceless

[–] kogasa@programming.dev 30 points 1 year ago (9 children)

A dollar each? It's $3.50 for a 10lb bag here

[–] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

What could a potato cost, 10 dollars?

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[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago (11 children)

It is like a dollar each

What the absolute fuck

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[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

β€˜It’s one banana, Michael. What could it cost, $10?’

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

What potatoes you buying are they gold encrusted?

Where I am you can basically get them by the crate load. I have no idea what one individual potato cost because I've never bought one individual potato. But my estimate would be about three for a dollar. Big ones like in the photo not little tiny ones.

Also don't get no ones in plastic wrapping they're more expensive and they're not any better. Just wash your vegetables. The mud and flavour admittedly it's mud flavour.

[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why are wrapped in plastic? Don't they usually come in some sort of netting and or loose and you can get as many as you like in a cloth bag?

[–] bufordt@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Usually the ones individually wrapped in plastic are being sold as microwaveable.

I guess we'll just ignore the fact that you don't need to wrap a potato in plastic to microwave it successfully.

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[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No way that can be true, how much for a kg of potatoes where you live

[–] funktion@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

In the Philippines they're around 4$/kg where I live, and they're not even really nice potatoes.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago

I need to check my potato privilege. They're less than 1€/kg here

[–] ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Vegetables are oddly over priced there, in general.

Even most fruit. Mangos though... Mangos, rice, beer and rum. Everything you need!

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[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 44 points 1 year ago

This trick only works so long as only one house in the neighborhood does it.

[–] VubDapple@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago

Obligatory: Po-tay-toes! Boil ’em, mash ’em, stick ’em in a stew…

[–] Shanedino@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

I have confirmed the results of this experiment. Some kids asked "what is this?" then took it once I told them it was a potato.

[–] Lev_Astov@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

My folks have a sign on the door saying, "potato available upon request" and they run out of them every year.

[–] Ashyr@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago

Makes sense, potatoes are basically the candy of the vegetable world. Just a giant ball of starchy carbs.

[–] roofuskit@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

With the wrong crowd that potato goes through a neighbor's window and this experiment is over going forward.

[–] NucleusAdumbens@lemmy.world 53 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Anyone who can't be trusted with a potato is going to cause issues regardless

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As if that'd just stop any kid picking up any random rock off the ground.

[–] Rhaedas@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] wabafee@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They should have IOU as an option, they use this IOU to claim more chocolate next holloween. Teaching kids finance while there at it.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's great until a few years down the line some kid shows up with a fat stack of them and cleans you of all the candy.

[–] Incandemon@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 year ago

Nah, its investing right? You just tell the kid there was a market crash and the IOUs are worthless, then keep the candy for yourself.

[–] lipilee@feddit.nl 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is this Russian halloween?

[–] Brickhead92@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

Is dream. Potato is rock.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Yeah but the kid question also apparently got a Snickers bar. So their taste is somewhat debatable.

I'd choose the potato as well but that's because I'm an adult and really don't care about candy

[–] Jumi@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

But Snickers is the manliest chocolate bar because it has nuts.

[–] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (5 children)

"Am I a joke to you?!"

-Payday

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[–] mack7400@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

The caption doesn't mention the other choice.

"Potato or death?"

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

My house is the Pickle House!

[–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Did you want to cause a run on potatoes? Because this is how you cause a run on potatoes

[–] BroBot9000@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Potatoes and molasses!

[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

In mother Russia.... is potato

[–] s3rca@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago
[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago

Next thing you know, there's an evil AI running on dozens of potatoes

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