🥔美國感恩節餐盤系列之【馬鈴薯】知多少
每年11月的第四個星期四是美國的感恩節，感恩節這天是親朋好友相聚共享傳統美食，對生活中美好事物表達感謝的重要節日。
美國感恩節的經典菜色以北美當地原生食物為主，包括火雞、蔓越莓醬與馬鈴薯泥，AIT也準備了一些有趣的馬鈴薯小常識來跟台灣朋友們分享這項傳統！
✅ 一顆中型的馬鈴薯不含脂肪與膽固醇，且只有約100卡路里，它可以提供一天所需維生素C的百分之45，且它的鉀含量還比香蕉高喔！
✅馬鈴薯是美國銷售量最高的蔬果，第二名是蕃茄（根本就是薯條與番茄醬的組合啊！）
✅台灣是美國馬鈴薯外銷的第三大市場，去年美國就出口了一千七百萬產值的馬鈴薯到台灣。
✅愛德華州是美國最大的馬鈴薯生產地，每年可產出160億磅的馬鈴薯。
✅馬鈴薯於西元前五百年，由南美洲的印加民族開始栽種。
✅馬鈴薯於西元1621年傳入美國，由當時英國殖民地百慕達的首長贈給維吉尼亞州州長。
🥔America’s Thanksgiving Table #2 POTATOES
Celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November, Thanksgiving in the United States is a time to gather with family and friends, share a traditional meal and express gratitude for the good things in life.
Thanksgiving revolves around foods native to the Americas: turkey, cranberry sauce, and mashed potatoes! AIT has prepared some fun facts about potatoes to introduce this Thanksgiving tradition with Taiwan friends!
✅A medium potato has no fat, no cholesterol, and only about 100 calories. It also provides 45% of your daily recommended Vitamin C! Potatoes also have more potassium than bananas.
✅Potatoes are the number one consumed vegetable in the United States – followed by tomatoes. (Best match: Fries and ketchup!)
✅Taiwan is the #3 market for U.S. fresh potatoes. 2019 exports were valued at $17 million USD.
✅Idaho produces the most U.S. potatoes – almost 16 billion lbs per year.
✅Potatoes were probably domesticated around 500 B.C. by the Incas in South America.
✅Potatoes arrived in what is now the United States in 1621 when Nathaniel Butler, the Governor of Bermuda, sent potatoes to the governor of Virginia, Francis Wyatt.
