When her partner called her by a rude word, she grabbed the potato and threw it at him.
The spud hit him square in the nose, knocking him unconscious.
Police were called to the house on Thanksgiving morning. The 43-year-old woman told them that she and her husband started to argue in the kitchen at about 1am. The couple had been drinking.
The woman said she didn"t mean to hit her husband and called police as soon as he fell unconscious.
Her husband decided not to press charges.