In the history of the United States, a carpetbagger was a Northerner who moved to the South after the American Civil War during the Reconstruction Era (1863â1877). Many white Southerners denounced them, fearing they would loot and plunder the defeated South and be politically allied with the Radical Republicans.
The absolute most perfect use of potatoes, better even than French fries, is to turn them into potato pancakes, which have crunchy mahogany edges, crispy golden midsections, and tender, rich, meaty interiors.
Russet (starchy) This is the potato most people have fixed in their minds as the classic potato. They are ideal baking potatoes and are also good fried and mashed. Pin it. Jewel Yam (starchy) Actually a sweet potato, not a true jam, this is the most commonly found market sweet potato.