Apr 3, 2018Idaho Potato Commission gets in on April Fool’s Day fun
Fans of the Big Idaho Potato truck can breathe easy, it’s not going anywhere (well except across the country). Despite some indications to the contrary the Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) has not “said goodbye to their famous titanic tuber and hello to the newly unveiled, 40-foot long Big Idaho French Fry Truck.”
The IPC got into the April Fool’s Day fun with a story called “Idaho Potato Commission trades in Big Idaho Potato Truck for Big Idaho French Fry Truck.”
“What does it take to make the world’s largest french fry on wheels? A crane, a pair of lumberjacks using a two-man tree saw, and three continuous days of peeling,” said Frank Muir, president and CEO of IPC, in the story. “Luckily we were able to fashion our french fry just in time for the launch of our 7th National Truck Tour.”
The story even went into how the gigantic fry was made.
Once peeled, the 6-ton tater was slowly lowered into an oil-filled, superheated, Olympic-size swimming pool where it cooked for 17 hours straight. After it was finished, 112 bags of road salt were loaded onto a helicopter and sprinkled over the spud.
The smell of the sizzling fry gathered a large crowd of locals around the warehouse eagerly watching in anticipation as the fry was finally lowered onto the bed of the truck.
“Something we didn’t foresee was the crowd of hungry onlookers that tried to rip off a piece of our beloved fry,” Muir said. “We were forced to lock up the truck for two days while the commotion died down, the scents of the french fry disappeared, and our hungry fans got tired of waiting.”
“Oh, and one more thing,” Muir said . “April Fools!”
Rest assured, the Big Idaho Potato Truck will hit the road again this year.
