Uncle John’s Appetizers / Side Dishes
John’s Potatoes
$3.99 – Baked Idaho Potatoes sliced thin, skin-on, cooked on the grill top with green peppers, onions, and seasoned butter…great with an omelette!
French Fries
$3.99
Potato Wedges
$3.99
Onion Rings
$6.99
Deep Fried Mushrooms
$6.99
Chicken Breast Tenders
$3.99 (3 Tenders)
Deep Fried Shrimp
$6.99 (6 Shrimp)
Side Salad
$4.99
Steamed Mixed Vegetables
$4.99
Interesting Potato Trivia
**Did You Know?**
- Potatoes are now grown in all 50 states of the USA and in about 125 countries worldwide.
- The sweet potato belongs to the same family as morning glories, while the white potato is related to tomatoes, tobacco, chile peppers, eggplants, and petunias.
- Potatoes are made up of about 80% water and 20% solids.
- An 8-ounce baked or boiled potato contains only about 100 calories.
- The average American consumes around 124 pounds of potatoes per year…mostly as an appatizer, while Germans eat about twice that amount.
- In 1974, an Englishman named Eric Jenkins grew 370 pounds of potatoes from a single plant.
- Thomas Jefferson is credited with introducing “french fries” to America by serving them at a White House dinner.
- According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the largest potato ever grown weighed 7 pounds 1 ounce, achieved by J. East in 1953 and J. Busby in 1982, both from Great Britain.
- In October 1995, the potato became the first vegetable to be grown in space. NASA and the University of Wisconsin, Madison, developed the technology to feed astronauts on long space missions and, eventually, future space colonies.