Latest Food Fad¬† — ‘Space Potatoes’ – AP

From AP. via CNN:

Having boldly gone where no spud has before, Chinese space potatoes are now the latest culinary fad to hit the country’s ultra-trendy commercial hub of Shanghai.

Slightly sweet and purple in color, the potatoes, named Purple Orchid Three, are bred from seeds that mutated while being carried aboard a Chinese spacecraft, the Shanghai Daily newspaper reported Monday. [Full Text]

See also: Shanghai sells purple “space spuds” for Valentine’s dinners.