When the ice is thicker than four to five inches, nobody wants to keep spudding or drilling new holes every time the fish move on. The Editors, Field & Stream, 22 Nov. 2019 The old days of spudding a hole in a foot of ice and huddling and freezing over it for hours on an upturned five-gallon pail are just that—the old days. The Editors, Field & Stream, 22 Nov. 2019
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Now, 70 years later, the Chamber of St. Matthews is reviving the spud-tacular celebration.The Courier-Journal, 24 Aug. 2022 Fund is designed to highlight more one-of-a-kind destination homes like the Big Idaho Potato Hotel in Boise, Idaho, which looks like a giant spud from the outside and features cozy accommodations including a fireplace and antler-carved chandelier. Martine Paris, Bloomberg.com, 23 June 2022 Kick your spud game up a notch with these extra creamy, subtly spicy mashed potatoes. Rebekah Lowin, Country Living, 5 Aug. 2022 Like the cover of the soundtrack album, the Elvis spud holds a ukulele and wears a red Hawaiian shirt and yellow lei. Ken Budd, Washington Post, 25 May 2022 Rather than a spud, the results stipulated that the sample was a tuber — the underground stem of a plant.Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2022 State’s deep roots with tubers pay off as demand sprouts; ‘this spud’s for you’ Gil LaJoie, co-owner of LaJoie Growers, uses a forklift to move potatoes onto a refrigerated boxcar at the company’s packing house in Van Buren, Maine. Jennifer Levitz, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2022 Others thought its shape looked more like a chicken than a spud. Jennifer Calfas, WSJ, 16 Mar. 2022 The steak entrée options include: steak and white cheddar sandwich, steak and gorgonzola salad or loaded steak spud. Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE.com, 11 Feb. 2022 See More