Today potatoes are produced from the plateau of Yunnan in China and the tropical lowlands of India, until the Java Equatorial mountains and the steppes of Ukraine. Spain call it potato and under the influence of this, just called it Italy and Greece; and so patates in Turkish; patatis in Arabic; potato in English; batata in Portuguese; the French pomme de terre (Earth Apple). China tops the world annual production of potatoes with 73 million tonnes, followed by the Russian Federation with 36, then with 25 India, Ukraine and United States with 19 tons. The potato contains various vitamins, including vitamin C, riboflavin, thiamin and niacin. Between the different minerals that are found in the potato they deserve include calcium, potassium, phosphorus and magnesium because of its importance in human nutrition. The Pope is a delight to millions of people around the world. She is the protagonist of various dishes of the regional cuisine of many countries. Spain has made international Spanish tortilla.
I still remember the taste of glory left me the omelet that I ate more than 25 years ago in the promenade La Ramblas. France last century popularized the famous soup vichyssoise; Italians prepare the gnocchi of potatoes; the Germans accompany their sausages with potato salad dishes; in Latin America the papas a la huancaina and the cause are classic dishes of Peru; Americans popularized by assumptions the French fries and baked potatoes. In Argentine cuisine accompanied the dish of patties with mashed potatoes, just one of my favorite dishes of my mom Cristina and it is the recipe from this week. As we see, potato cooked is, sancocha is, is roasted, Miss too, FRY is. They are involved in soups, creams, soups, Souffles, croquettes, tortillas and masses.
In addition, from the fermentation of the tubers are obtained several alcoholic beverages as a variety of Scandinavian akvavit, vodka, Japanese shochu, the Icelandic brennivin. Next week we continue with part II of this article. Soon friends…
