where did the word SPUDS come from meaning potato?

Answer 1

The potato (Solanum tuberosum) is a perennial plant of the Solanaceae, or nightshade, family, commonly grown for its starchy tuber. Potatoes are the world's most widely grown tuber crop, and the fourth largest crop in terms of fresh produce (after rice, wheat, and maize), but this ranking is inflated due to the high water content of fresh potatoes relative to that of other crops. The potato originated in South America, somewhere in present-day Peru. Potatoes are important to the culture of the Andes, where farmers grow many different varieties that have a remarkable diversity of colors and shapes. Potatoes spread to the rest of the world after European contact with the Americas in the late 1400s and early 1500s and have since become an important field crop.

A number of popular alternatives or shortened forms exist in English, such as taters, murphies, or tatties, the last usually associated with Scotland. Potatoes are commonly known as spuds in parts of the United States and other English-speaking areas. The exact origin of the term is unclear. It may refer to a "spudder," a shovel-like tool used to harvest potatoes, or to a wooden barrel sorters would put small potatoes into when sorting for larger ones.

Answer 2

Potatoes are commonly known as spuds in parts of the United States and other English-speaking areas. The exact origin of the term is unclear. It may refer to a "spudder," a shovel-like tool used to harvest potatoes, or to a wooden barrel sorters would put small potatoes into when sorting for larger ones

Answer 3

yep spudder
origin: walter Raleigh brought the potatoe seed to Ireland to show the people how to grow them, he also showed them how to harvest them with a spudder. There is a saying in Ireland that goes "Pull up a sugain (Pronounced sooogawn: small 3 legged stool) and Grab a Spud" If people called to your home you would always have potatoes hot and ready for butter so people did not go away hungry. I love spuds

Answer 4

The potato (Solanum tuberosum) is a perennial plant of the Solanaceae, or nightshade, family, commonly grown for its starchy tuber. Potatoes are the world's most widely grown tuber crop, and the fourth largest crop in terms of fresh produce (after rice, wheat, and maize), but this ranking is inflated due to the high water content of fresh potatoes relative to that of other crops. The potato originated in South America, somewhere in present-day Peru. Potatoes are important to the culture of the Andes, where farmers grow many different varieties that have a remarkable diversity of colors and shapes. Potatoes spread to the rest of the world after European contact with the Americas in the late 1400s and early 1500s and have since become an important field crop.

Because of their origins in the lower Andes, potatoes grow best in cool climates with good rainfall or irrigation such as in western Europe. But they are also widely grown in the subtropical lowlands of the Indo-Gangetic plains of India (as a winter crop) and in the highlands of southwest China (for example, Sichuan and Yunnan province) and in equatorial highlands of Java.
Potatoes contain glycoalkaloids, toxic compounds, of which the most prevalent are solanine and chaconine. Cooking at high temperatures (over 170 °C or 340 °F) partly destroys these. The concentration of glycoalkaloid in wild potatoes suffices to produce toxic effects in humans. Glycoalkaloids occur in the greatest concentrations just underneath the skin of the tuber, and they increase with age and exposure to light. Glycoalkaloids may cause headaches, diarrhea, cramps and in severe cases coma and death; however, poisoning from potatoes occurs very rarely. Light exposure also causes greening, thus giving a visual clue as to areas of the tuber that may have become more toxic; however, this does not provide a definitive guide, as greening and glycoalkaloid accumulation can occur independently of each other. Some varieties of potato contain greater glycoalkaloid concentrations than others; breeders developing new varieties test for this, and sometimes have to discard an otherwise promising cultivar.

Answer 5

Spud is a word for a potato HAH!

Answer 6

Possibly derived from 'Spud' a sharp spadelike tool used for rooting or digging out weeds.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

It may refer to a "spudder," a shovel-like tool used to harvest potatoes, or to a wooden barrel sorters would put small potatoes into when sorting for larger ones.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato

Answer 9

oh common people we know what they are there called that in the mess halls of every branch of militerythere a slang word for taters and have been called that for decades there a food not a damn shovel, i read the dictionary to.

Answer 10

hahaha i have no idea, good question.