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National mail a potato day

National mail a potato day is coming, are you ready to celebrate? This holiday celebrates the time-honored tradition of mailing a potato with a personalized message anonymously to a deserving person. This ancient (well, maybe not so ancient) tradition of surprising a special or soon- to- be special someone with a message that they alone will appreciate is worthy of spreading around the globe so it’s up to you to do your part. Who is eligible to receive a potato with a message on National Mail a Potato Day?  First of all, family members, whether close or far away top the list. Smiles are a treasure and a potato with a message will be valued. Today’s society sees families spread...

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Make a Soldier Smile: Send a Potato

Want to make a soldier smile? Send him or her Potato. One of the favorite icons of Army life is KP: peeling potatoes. An army marches on its stomach and in camp potatoes always fill the plates in the mess hall. Our fathers and grandfathers tell stories of hours of peeling potatoes and the icon of the private sitting near a huge sack of spuds getting them ready for chow is one that endures. Today the Army uses private contractors to provide its meals, but our fathers and grandfathers remember KP. The humble but necessary potato The potato has the multiple benefits of nutrition, simplicity, ease of storage and transport and ability to satisfy hunger. One of its most common...

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Cooking Potatoes

Potatoes are a comfort food that have been enjoyed for centuries. From mashed potatoes at the Thanksgiving table, to French fries at the fair, to grandma’s special recipe for scalloped potatoes, almost every family has memories that surround this starchy vegetable. Although they tend to get a bad rap for being too starchy, potatoes do have a lot of credentials that make them an important part of a healthy diet. Did you know that a medium sized baking potato boasts 45% of your daily value of Vitamin C, 10% of your daily value of Vitamin B6, trace amounts of many other vitamins, and plenty of potassium. Potatoes also contain antioxidants and are fat free. How potatoes are cooked will vary...

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The Mystery Potato Coupon & Discount Code

Hello there! Well, you probably got here because you were checking out the internet for a coupon for MysteryPotato... So, yeah... I do coupons read on for the details.    Want to get a price-break on your purchase of a potato or birthday box or ex-revenge box of potatoes? I want to hook you up! Here's what you do: Post to your main social media account about this awesome site or a product we sell Like us on Facebook or Twitter Sign up for the newsletter (there is a site popup or you can use the form at the bottom of the site) Fill in the contact form below asking for the "Spuderific Coupon", and provide the link to your social media profile...

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Edible Gifts for Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day is coming soon and the shops and stores will be reminding us that flowers and candy are the best way to say “I love you”; edible gifts for Valentine’s Day seem to lead the parade of hearts. Last year $18.9  billion was spent on just Valentine’s Day gifts. But how about giving that someone special a Mystery Potato? Flowers and candy are the most given Valentine’s Day gifts but a personalized potato goes on after the flowers have wilted and the chocolates are gone.  Billions are spent on movies and expensive dinners even spa treatments. But these are fairly standard, not as creative as real relationships are and should be. So, what advantages does a Mystery Potato have...

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