Potato, Po-tah-to: You choose

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You might think that an underground lump of starch would be easy to peg.  If so, you could be sadly mistaken.

The lowly potato (po-tah-to?) has been the subject of much debate.  Is it best mashed, baked, fried, juiced, or munched upon raw?  Should it be salted, oiled, dolloped, or smothered in onions?

Cooks have long been free to choose.  Kids have not.  Their potatoes were stabbed with a plastic barrage of body parts that would not sit well with sour cream.  Such appendages did not reflect multiple types of gender identity.

In an attempt to even the playing field, Hasbro is somewhat dropping the “Mr.” from its so-called “Potato Head.”  Kids will be now be able to choose from a range of possibilities.

Resources

https://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/wireStory/mister-mr-potato-head-gender-neutral-76115952

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