Potato Society to Erect Potato Sculpture

Ljubljana, 1 April - A society promoting a traditional Slovenian potato dish will erect a spud sculpture at an upcoming feast in the town of Sencur, some 25 kilometres north of Ljubljana. On 25 May, the town will thus honour the humble tuber, which has been a staple ever since it was introduced to the region in 1767 by Empress Maria Theresa.

Ljubljana
Stane Menard, the president of the Sauteed Potato with Onions as an Independent Dish Society, at a news conference on the erection of a monument to potato.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
News conference of the Sauteed Potato with Onions as an Independent Dish Society on the erection of a monument to potato.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
News conference of the Sauteed Potato with Onions as an Independent Dish Society on the erection of a monument to potato.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana, Hotel Union.
Novinarska konferenca Društva za pražen krompir s predstavitvijo Spomenika krompirju in aktivnosti Društva za priznanje praženega krompirja kot samostojne jedi v leti 2008.
Predsednik Društva za pražen krompir Stane Menard.
Foto: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana
From left to right: News conference of the Sauteed Potato with Onions as an Independent Dish Society, featuring, from left to right, Sencur Mayor Miro Kozelj, society president Stane Menard, Sencur municipal councillor Janez Susnik and society member Bostjan Zrimsek on the erection of a monument to potato.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
Stane Menard, the president of the Sauteed Potato with Onions as an Independent Dish Society, at a news conference on the erection of a monument to potato.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
Stane Menard, the president of the Sauteed Potato with Onions as an Independent Dish Society, at a news conference on the erection of a monument to potato.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
Stane Menard, the president of the Sauteed Potato with Onions as an Independent Dish Society, at a news conference on the erection of a monument to potato.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
From left to right: News conference of the Sauteed Potato with Onions as an Independent Dish Society, featuring from left to right Sencur municipal councillor Janez Susnik, society president Stane Menard, member Bostjan Zrimsek (left) and Sencur Mayor Miro Kozelj on the erection of a monument to potato.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
News conference of the Sauteed Potato with Onions as an Independent Dish Society, featuring society member Bostjan Zrimsek (left) and Sencur Mayor Miro Kozelj on the erection of a monument to potato.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
News conference of the Sauteed Potato with Onions as an Independent Dish Society, featuring Sencur municipal councillor Janez Susnik (left) and society president Stane Menard on the erection of a monument to potato.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

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