Idaho Hats

Idaho supplies about one third of the potatoes grown in the United States, roughly 13.5 billion pounds a year, and the Idaho Potato Commission, founded in 1937, owns the Grown in Idaho seal. The state has printed potatoes on its license plates since 1928, and when the retro Famous Potatoes plate came back, one commenter wondered why a state famous for potatoes needs to say the potatoes are famous. Plenty of Idahoans still wear it as a point of pride. These Idaho hats lead with the badges: IDAHO, GEM STATE, 208 and HUNT IDAHO, the last a nod to the elk-season patch hats that already sell. Then the potato pride taken too far. FAMOUS POTATOES is the plate slogan, GROWN IN IDAHO is the seal, and IDAHO MORE THAN POTATOES BUT MOSTLY POTATOES is a joke a similar tee already proved. FINGER STEAKS is the Boise bar snack, served at Milo's Torch Lounge in 1957 by one account, though who invented it is still disputed. BOISE BOY-SEE NOT BOY-ZEE settles the pronunciation the way locals do, since saying Boy-zee is, per one news report, the quickest way to mark yourself as an outsider. Every design is custom embroidered on an unstructured dad hat. Wear one for the home state, or give one to the friend who left and still defends the potato.