Monday, 12. February 2007
Topic: NEWS english - on February 12, 2007 at 1:24:00 PM CET
'Space potatoes' grown from mutated seeds latest food fad in Shanghai
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 colour, 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.
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