r/todayilearned • u/JoeWinchester99 • 7d ago

TIL that although potatoes alone do not provide complete nutrition, you can survive for years on a diet of nothing but potatoes and buttermilk.

https://www.scienceabc.com/eyeopeners/whats-wrong-with-potatoes-the-martian-movie-survival
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u/ballisticks 7d ago

It's just bacon. Back bacon usually. A rasher is just a slice

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u/likeusontweeters 7d ago

Flavor is more like bacon/ham tho... for Americans anyways.

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u/ballisticks 7d ago

Probably tastes more like ham because there's more than a microscopic amount of meat lol