Tag: potato
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How Many Potatoes are in One Bottle of Vodka?
How many potatoes are in one bottle of Karlsson’s Vodka? Answer: This many.
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When Vodka Was Made From Potatoes
Despite the common belief that all vodka is made from potatoes, very little of it is. We’ll look at when and where vodka was first made from potatoes as we trace the spirit’s history.
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The History of the Potato, Part II
We have looked at what a potato is and the introduction of the potato to Europe. Now we’ll look at the slow spread of potatoes around the continent, then talk about french fries, yum.
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Karlsson’s Vodka: It’s In The Blend
Months ago I started to talk about my trip to Sweden with Karlsson's vodka. I only covered how to pick potatoes so far. The potatoes for this vodka all come from Cape Bjare in Sweden.To get there, we drove from Copenhagen, over the relatively new bridge that connects Denmark to Sweden with Malmo on the…
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How to Pick Potatoes
Earlier this month I visited Cape Bjare, Sweden to learn about Karlsson's Vodka. Karlsson's is made from a blend of seven heiroom "virgin new" potatoes. This means that the skin hasn't fully developed into the brown stuff we recognize here in the States. In Sweden, restaurants serve these little tiny potatoes as a delicacy (I…