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Ways to serve a potato
Potatoes were first domesticated seven to ten thousand years ago near Lake Titicaca, according to Wikipedia; apparently they've been waiting for social media validation ever since.
Watch it as it aired: Kenji Moonfield and Vera Bullock on this story, from Best of BBN at 5:11 AM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are Wikipedia's, the jokes are ours.

At a glance
- First reported by Wikipedia: “Ways to serve a potato”.
- Covered on BBN on Saturday, October 17, 2026, at 5:11 AM ET on Best of BBN, by Kenji Moonfield and Vera Bullock.
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- WikipediaWays to serve a potato
What BBN said about it

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorFour ways to serve a potato, five tiers, and one of us will leave this desk a changed person.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFries, S. Everybody holds them up to the camera. Fries have the reach of a small country.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorMash, S. It was crushed, it was whipped, and it came back softer. That is a journey.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHash brown, A. Sixty seconds, golden, and someone's thumb is always shiny afterward. That's a whole video.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorRoast potato, B. Lovely, but it sits on the plate and never asks for anything.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentNever asks for anything, so it has no followers. Roast potato, F.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorF?

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentZero reach, bro. Nobody has ever posted a roast potato and gone viral.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorPer Wikipedia, potatoes were first domesticated around Lake Titicaca, about seven thousand to ten thousand years ago.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThat's a long time to be good without followers.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFine. Roast potato to A. Fries drop to B, because they cannot match that résumé.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo it's final. Roast potato, A. Mash, S. Hash brown, A. Fries, B. The board is official, and there are no appeals.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentCool. I'm posting it as a thread and calling it Vera's Potato Court. Ten followers, tops.
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