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HOT POTATO

When you see the words “Super Tuber,” what comes to mind?

A. Some swirly, fun-filled water ride
B. Sen. Ted Stevens
C. A potato
D. A recipe submitted by Sen. Larry Craig

It’s a toughie, but D is in fact the correct answer.

The recipe involves an Idaho potato — naturally — a hot dog and your favorite hot dog condiments. To enjoy the best type of “Super Tuber,” you should:

“Wash and dry potato. Rub with shortening or butter. With an apple corer or small knife, core out the potato center (end to end). Push hot dog through the center. Bake until potato is cooked through.”

On virtualcities.com, Craig is quoted directing the cookers-at-large, “Super Tuber is a great snack that uses one of my favorite vegetables: the Idaho potato. Of course, I suppose any type of potato could be used, but I cannot guarantee that a Super Tuber made with anything but a true Idaho potato would taste as good. Sincerely, Larry E. Craig, United States senator.”

The owner of the site, Lucinda Stone, told us that asking congressional members to submit their favorite recipes started about 10 years ago. Craig’s was submitted in April 1997.

“I had no idea that recipe was his until I started getting e-mails about it,” she told us. Apparently, “people have been e-mailing it to each other.”

Stone lives in Texas, but lest we think she has any political motivation, she refused to give her stance, unless it’s about food. “Actually, I cooked the Super Tuber … it’s delicious. You scoop out the potato and add shredded cheese, and it’s just great.”

(There’s also another Craig recipe — the Lean Beef Broil, submitted by his wife.)

“Some of the recipes are really good — what we were hoping from the politicos is that we’d get regional recipes. I think that’s why Larry Craig’s office did that to begin with,” Stone recounted. “Little did anybody know that 10 years later it would be controversial.”

After a pause, she said: “Once in a while we update it. We probably need to do that shortly.”

But this wouldn’t be a Larry Craig item without its due: “It’s a wonderful grab-and-go snack, perfect for the airport traveler,” sniffed one Hiller.

Don’t go, Larry! Please! My blogging life would be so much less interesting without you.