"Opinicus" > wrote in message
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> "A team of researchers in the Netherlands has discovered that potatoes
> can grow in earth fed by salty sea water.
>
> "The development could spark a revolution in the way food is produced
> in land previously considered unsuitable for agriculture."
>
> http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-30670988
>
> The report very pointedly does not mention what the spuds taste like.

Well, they do cook potatoes in salt in the Cape Cod area.