Giant Potato

This year, the Idaho Potato Commission is celebrating it's 75th anniversary and doing so in a big way.  They built the world's largest Idaho spud, loaded it on a cool semi-truck and they are taking it for a cross country tour.  They visited us here in Post Falls a few weeks ago and it was quite a sight to see. 

Here are some interesting facts about the giant potato:

1) The 48' flatbed trailer features a 28' wide and 11.5' tall Idaho Potato.

2) It would take more than 10,000 years to grow this giant Potato.

3) It weighs 12,130 lbs which is equal to 32,346 medium sized potatoes.

4) It would make 30,325 servings of mashed potatoes.

5) If it were baked, it would take 2 years and 9 months to bake.

6) The giant potato was built in Weiser, Idaho and took nearly one year to build.


If nothing else, this definitely goes to show how much us Idahoans love our potatoes!