A potato (nicknamed spud) was a plant lifeform, an edible root vegetable.

History and specifics

Potatoes were known to be consumed as a foodstuff available in the Federation in the 23rd century. Mars Foods Incorporated advertised themselves as a supplier of spuds in Spacelanes, a periodical publication in the late 23rd century. (FASA RPG module: Spacelanes: The Magazine of Interstellar Trade)

In the year 2268, Kang and Mara's crew served a home-style dinner aboard the USS Enterprise during their return to Klingon space after their encounter with the Beta XII-A entity. Captain James T. Kirk appreciated their version of baked potatoes, which his crew nicknamed deviled potatoes. (TOS reference: Official Cooking Manual)

In the year 2277, Terran potatoes were served at a banquet held in Fleet Admiral Karis Tatenen's honor aboard the USS Enterprise. (TOS - Star Trek II Short Stories short story: "The Blaze of Glory")

Potato dishes

• baked potatoes
• clapshot
• colcannon
• deviled potatoes
• mahindi kama kilimanjaro
• seetos lagon

See also

• Grabarian potato
• Alpha Centaurian green potato

Appendices

References

• DS9 episode: "You Are Cordially Invited"

External links

• Potato article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• Potato article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.