“You can still go out and order them like you normally do.”So, there will be french fries, it’s just that your order might be a few short. The focus on french fries with a potato shortage looming may seem odd given all the different iterations the humble spud offers, but there is good reason to focus on the fast-food staple. The unexpectedly cold fall weather is also especially problematic for french fries because processors typically prefer larger, more elongated spuds. If a potato shortage did turn out to actually impact eating habits, however, french fries wouldn’t exactly be topping my list of concerns. Going through a fry shortage could finally push us toward considering the many — and for my money, better — potato alternatives.

Source: National Post December 04, 2019 20:26 UTC