From my research on how potatoes are graded in America, I have learned that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) established and enforce the grading. The USDA has been enforcing and updating the quality grading system for all foods since 1862. The last time the quality grading system for potatoes was updated was in June of 2011. The system in place currently grades potatoes on the following information: shape, firmness, appearance, size, color, and being free from: soft rot, wet breakdown, blackheart, freezing, blight, scabs, rhizoctonia, and physical damage or foreign matter. Although there are three grades for potatoes available for purchase due to the USDA’s grading scale, all potatoes sold in the US must fall into this scale. …show more content…
The grades of potatoes are U.S. No. 1, and U.S. Commercial, U.S. No. 2. All grades of potatoes are fit for consumption, the only difference between them is how they appear, and if they are free of any of the problems listed above. With that being said, there is a market for each of the different grades of potatoes and different ways they can be used in the culinary field. The best potatoes available to be purchased are the U.S. No. 1 grade, this is due to their top quality in the quality grading scale. These potatoes are free of any imperfections and exceed in every aspect of the quality grading system. This grade of potatoes is costs the most due to exceeding the grading system. Due to the set grade, these potatoes can meet the required specification of even the strictest restaurant or individual, making them the ideal choice of potatoes for quality. The U.S. Commercial grade potatoes, are similar to the U.S. No. 1 potatoes, except they do not fully pass the necessary quality grading scale to be considered ideal. This grade however, is used by both the average consumer and restaurants, as it this grade is less expensive than the No. 1 grade. Commercial grade potatoes are the most commonly used potato in restaurants across America, this is due to how inexpensive they are, for the quality they
Hypothesis: I think that the potato will absorb more starch than the sweet potato and they will both absorb relatively similar amounts of water.
Potatoes became a staple in the diet of many as they were discovered around the world. They are still an important part of the diet of many today. ("International year of," 2008)
The conquistadors eventually used potatoes as rations on their ships and took it back to Spain (Chapman, n.d.). From there, the potato spread to other countries. Unfortunately, the potato was “regarded with suspicion, distaste and fear.” (Chapman, n.d.) Only animals were fed the potatoes at first but as time went on, the aristocracy of Europe began to encourage the lower classes to begin cultivating potatoes. Potatoes, however, did not become a staple until roughly 1795 and the food shortages that came during the time of the Revolutionary Wars in England. (Chapman, n.d.)
Since the potatoes R & G provides are supposedly all unnatural, this means that they use any chemicals or pesticides on the potatoes. In substitute of this, the farmers rely on “filter strips, crop rotations and other pest prevention” according to the official R & G potato company website. Crop rotation is a process used to make sure pests do not remain habitual in the soil and the filter strips catch nutrients, deposits and infectious bacteria in the exterior runoff that appears from grassy areas before the polluted runoff gets into any of the surface water.
Potatoes were prime to the Americas and even Europe (when they were shipped back) as they were resistant to cold and could grow in very thin soil. In Europe, it supported the sailors, and even the lower class, only adding to its value. It had also saved Ireland from extinction as it was their only choice to avoid starvation (and began a huge Irish stereotype, among
A young man that desires to help people actually goes broke without shame. His passion is to see that he made a difference in someone's life. He doesn't ask for anything in return. As long as he see that they are happy then he is happy. His country seems to be a poor country. It looks like he lives in Bangkok, Thailand. A region that a high rate of poverty. There is a lack of education which prevents children from learning and pursuing college degrees. This would give opportunity to have a better quality of life. The people that live there truly have to work extra hard to make a living. Most of the people have a side hustle that may include selling things by the road side. Such as artifacts and food. I actually see this allot in foreign countries.
To observe whether equal sized white potato or sweet potato cores reached the isotonic point in the same concentration of sucrose solution.
Potatoes began prospering with the Incan people in the Andes in the form of polyculture. The environment surrounding the Andes was harsh and unforgiving and where one type of potato would thrive, another would perish. The Incan people then changed their needs in order to satisfy the potato and began growing different types of each in different areas of the mountains. This method was extremely successful and resulted in massive genetic diversity for the potato. On the other hand, once potatoes were transported to Ireland, they underwent a change subject to human desires where only one type of potato was grown excessively, otherwise known as monoculture. The Irish had discovered that a single type of potato prospered in their soil and provided substantial nutritional support for the masses, resulting in the cultivation of a single genetic strand. The consequences of this endeavor would come later with the blight, but in this case, the potato had succumbed to the needs of humans. Lastly and more presently in the United States, potatoes have altogether lost their say in evolution by being grown only based on their requirement to feed the many. Certain strains of potatoes have become prevalent due to their need for food purposes, such as “perfect” French fries provided for restaurant chains. Besides
Potato belongs to the Solanaceae herbaceous perennial plant, tuber edible, is the world 's third most important food crop, after wheat and corn. artificial cultivation of potatoes, as can be traced back to around 8000 BC to 5000 BC in southern Peru.
The Benefits and Danger of Being a Processing Factory Lab Technician Being a lab technician in a potato processing factory comes with excellent benefits which are the reason why I chose the job. However, these benefits come with dangers. The responsibility of being a lab technician in a potato factory is to make quality checks that comply with the customer’s standards. Through my experience as a lab technician, I would test a variety of fries, puffs, shredded potatoes, mashed potatoes, and diced potatoes. These tests include in checking the texture, taste, size, salt content, ingredients, quality of packaging, and the smell of the potatoes.
usually are more reliable and consumers are willing to pay a larger sum of money for the goods. The produce is usually fresher and comes from a smaller line of handling
The purpose of this lab was to find the water potential and osmolality of potato cores after being soaked in NaCl and sucrose solutions and to compare them to each other and the expected water potentials and osmolalities from the literature. We did this by weighing potato cores, soaking them in the NaCl and sucrose solutions, and then weighing them again. This information was used to find the percent weight change of the potato cores. The potato core’s water potential mean for sucrose was -9.86 bars and for NaCl it was -10.72 bars. The osmolality that produced zero weight change in potato cores for sucrose was 0.401 and for NaCl it was 0.439. Our experiment found that the there was no significant statistical difference in the water potential and osmolality of the potato cores soaked in the sucrose and NaCl solutions.
Prejudice is a hostile or negative attitude toward people who are in a distinguishable group that is based solely on their membership within that group. It has three components: cognitive, affective, and behavioral. The cognitive component of prejudice consist of stereotypes, generalizations about a group where characteristics are believed to be shared by all in the group. Examples of this would be believing that all Muslims are terrorists, all Asians must be smart, and all Americans are lazy. While stereotypes are used to save time and energy, they are sometimes wrong for the group and often wrong for individuals. The affective component involve the emotional/judgmental aspect of prejudice. It is based only on group membership and is typically negative. It is exhibited in fear, envy, pity, or disgust. The behavioral component consists of discrimination, which is when people are treated differently only because of their social group.
Introduction Purpose Statement To provide a practical, realistic issue that frequently challenges leaders within the healthcare industry. This issue will be analyzed to identify influential factors contributing to the cause, and recommendations for prevention will be provided. In the healthcare field, there are many cases that influence the future functionality and organization of healthcare operations. This case study reviews systematic errors.
Cut the potatoes using a cork borer approximately 5cm in length and 1cm in diameter. Using the appropriate tool cut the potatoes into cylinder form measuring the cylinders with a ruler.