LOUISVILLE, KY.
potato the size of the Great Big Idaho
Potato:
• Would take more than 10,000 years to
grow.
• Weighs more than six tons (12,130
pounds), which equals 32,346 mediumsized Idaho potatoes.
• Is 1,102 times heavier than the largest
potato ever grown, which weighed about
11 pounds.
• Would take two years and nine months
to bake.
• Could make 30,325 servings of mashed
potatoes.
• Would make more than 1.4 million
average-sized fries.
However, inside sources revealed that
that the potato is not real. It was built
by Chris Schofield and Sharolyn Spruce,
along with a few specialized contractors in
Weiser, Idaho. It took them over a year to
build and perfect the world's largest potato
on wheels. It's made of steel, plywood, highdensity foam and a polymerized concrete
product. The Kenworth Sales Company and
Western Trailer, both in Boise, Idaho, also
Idaho's celebrity tuber has met up with some other
larger-than-life menu items, including (from left)
Hershey's Kissmobile in Hershey, Pa.; the World's
Largest Catsup Bottle in Collinsville, Ill.; the Fork in
the Road in Pasadena, Calif.; the Largest Egg in the
World in Mentone, Ind. and the Governer's Boot in
Cheyenne, Wyo.
aided with the construction.
To learn more about the truck, visit www.
bigidahopotato.com and www.idahopotato.
com, or follow it on Facebook, Twitter and
Instagram at #bigidahopotato. PG
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