Potato

The potato is a crop plant (Solanum tuberosum) belonging to the Nightshade family, native to South America but grown widely across the world. The word also refers to the starchy oval tubers of the plant, which have a brown or red skin and are cooked and eaten as a root vegetable.

Textured fungal protein can be shaped textured, coloured and flavoured into reasonable facsimiles of tomatoes, steak, potatoes, linguine and broccoli but the meats tend to be truer than the vegetables.

On 5 April 2145, Wynonna Chew revealed that the crew of the Nautilus en route to Europa had eaten a "delicious high-protein, low-fat Irish stew of beef, potatoes, and carrots – all TFP. For dessert they had a selection of ToFruiti Bars".

On 15 March 2146, a small batch of shepherd's pie made by Jones & Fletcher was sold at Sotheby's virtual auction house for 5,000 credits. The sale was organised by Armondo Corleone, who commented: "Did you see the bidding on those pies? Madrone, you'd think there were gold bricks hidden in each one... instead of potatoes and a bit of... who knows what?"