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`Da Elf Feb 13, 2023

I learned the history of "Tater Tots" today (after midnight, counts) with @juliewebgirl.

TL;DR - Invented in the Pacific Northwest by a company called Ore-Ida, a concatenation of "Oregon" and "Idaho", in Ontario, Or. The owners were figuring out what to do with potato slivers from other parts of their process. Adding flour and seasonings and frying them, the Tot was born. Tah-Dah!

Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tater_tots

Ore-Ida Themselves: https://www.oreida.com/product/00013120085666

#TaterTots #Food #History #Noms

Tater tots - Wikipedia

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Space Hobo Feb 22, 2023

@elfin @juliewebgirl And then Taco Time added extra salt and christened them "MEXI FRIES"

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`Da Elf Feb 22, 2023

@spacehobo @juliewebgirl "Extra Salt" is Good.

#SodiumChloride #GoodForYou

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Julie Webgirl Feb 22, 2023

@elfin @spacehobo
Except when someone *ahem* (not me) didn't have proper measuring spoons so somebody else *ahem* (me) decided to wing it on the aus ju mix and we both woke up with what I can only assume was some level of edema. I've NEVER ... and I've ground salt straight into my mouth befo... Oh wait... It was pink sea salt. Ahaaaaa...

Mystery solved.

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Space Hobo Feb 22, 2023

@juliewebgirl @elfin I use "LO SALT" (45% NaCl, 45% KCl, 10% MgCl) for sauces and broths, and posh Welsh sea-salt flakes as topping. Sodium in modern diets is slowly poisoning the heart, and you need to top your potassium back up and drink water to flush out the metals you ingest.

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Julie Webgirl

@spacehobo @elfin Not everybody. #hypotension Also, pink salt is not the bleached white crap in processed foods that needs to be eliminated. Fun fact: my mom started using pink sea salt instead of white table salt and her BP went DOWN. #OtherMinerals I'm also going to disagree about water flushing out metals. They need something to bind to to carry them out, but yeah, heavy metals are killing us.