The origin of "potato"

"Potato, too old-fashioned, isn't it? Change the name of a foreign style. " Enthusiastic friends always say so.

But you know what? Potatoes used to be one of the two vegetables I could swallow when I was a child. I have deep feelings for them, enough for me to cherish my life.

When I was a child, I had a quirk that I didn't eat vegetables, especially green vegetables. I accidentally put strange things like onions, garlic and leeks into my mouth, and my stomach immediately reacted strongly. As soon as these things touch my taste buds, they will vomit wildly, just like tumbling over the river, as if my internal organs were going to vomit.

Not only can I not stand these pungent things at a glance, but even those mild vegetables, such as cucumber and cabbage, are hard to swallow. So from the time I can remember, until I went to college in other places, my mother always cooked two meals, one with food and the other without food.

There are only two kinds of dishes I can eat: radish and potato. Because I don't eat vegetables, I may have a fire in my body, so I especially like to eat cold radish. And potatoes are a must for every meal. No matter what you do, whether it's steaming or boiling, baking or frying, they are my favorite.

Potatoes are easy to store and have a high yield. It can be eaten from autumn to spring.

I was born in a family with many brothers and sisters, plus grandma, parents, sister-in-law and nephew. There are fourteen people in the family, old and young. Such a large family with a large population, in that era of extreme material shortage, the living conditions can be imagined. White flour is only available during Chinese New Year holidays, and coarse grains are usually eaten for every meal. And I am most afraid of eating coarse grains. It seems that the throat is very small and narrow, and the food is in the mouth and I can't swallow it. In a hurry, the wronged tears will beep. Sometimes there is a famine in spring, even coarse grains are broken, and wild vegetables, elms and bran have become commonplace.

Fortunately, we have potatoes! Cook a big pot, pick out the good ones for people to eat, and feed the small ones to the livestock. With potatoes, it is much easier to eat bran and swallow vegetables, and it seems that there is a touch of bright color in the gloomy and poor life.

After I went to college, I gradually learned to eat a few vegetables, but my love for potatoes is unforgettable and will never change.

Potatoes are the life-saving straw for farmers, especially me! Although potatoes are ordinary and unpretentious, I am full of respect and gratitude for them.

I prefer potatoes for another reason. According to adults, when I was a child, my face looked like a potato, with a high forehead and deep eye sockets, so I got a nickname: deep eye socket potatoes. At that time, we called potatoes potatoes, and now we call them potatoes.

Later, when I had my own QQ space, I had to have a user nickname. What should I call it? This question has been tangled for many days, and all the beautiful and elegant names have been used. I thought hard for a long time, but I still didn't have a satisfactory name. Suddenly think of potatoes, think of it and their fate, just call it "potatoes"! Considering its various connections with yourself, this name is perfect, and it is well-deserved.

Besides eating potatoes, we have more in common. We live on them and look like potatoes.

We all have strong vitality, no matter where we plant it, as long as there is sunshine, rain and dew and air, we will take root and sprout there; We are all ordinary, so ordinary that people often ignore us; We are all simple and not hypocritical at all; We are all arrogant, don't care much about being poor and loving the rich, and don't choose high and low. We got the luxurious restaurants of princes and nobles and the humble kitchens of ordinary people.

This is the origin of the name "potato". Is there a better name for me?

PS: Here's how to eat potatoes.