Potato
A potato (Solanum tuberosum) was an edible root vegetable from Earth, a member of the nightshade family cultivated for its starchy tubers.

In 2151, Phlox recommended the potatoes in the mess hall of  to , but Tucker reminded him they were resequenced protein. ()

In August of 2151, Matthew Ryan chose a steak with a potato and broccoli for lunch aboard Enterprise NX-01. ()

Potatoes were among the crops that the colonists on Omicron Ceti III had planted in the 2260s. ()

Sonny Clemonds originally ordered country fried potatoes from the replicator in 2364 before changing his mind. ()

In 2367, while re-enacting a scene from A Christmas Carol on the holodeck of the , Lieutenant commander Data, as Ebenezer Scrooge, told Jacob Marley's ghost that he didn't believe in him, for "You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of an underdone potato." ()

In a Dominion simulation in 2371, Benjamin Sisko and Jake Sisko were eating potatoes, although Ben was too preoccupied with Admiral Alynna Nechayev and Borath's negotiations to hear Jake asking for him to pass him them. ()

In 2375, The Doctor showed Naomi Wildman the mitochondria of a , comparing it to a "little bitty potato". ()

Azan and Rebi wanted to clone Naomi for the Annual Voyager Science Fair in 2376. However, the organizer of the event, Seven of Nine, suggested that they try to clone something smaller, so they chose potatoes. ()

Methods of potato preparation
Baked potato (twice-baked potato)
French fries
Mashed potatoes
Potato casserole
Potato chip
Potato salad
Scalloped potatoes

Apocrypha
In the non-canon book Cohesion, Seven of Nine noted to herself that less than one tenth of one percent of species known to the Borg reproduce by method of budding, as do potatoes.

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