cleofox32
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Im Irish and I'm not a big fan of potatoes, I only eat them the odd times. Years ago before the famine they were cheap to grow and provided a lot of nutrients for the peasants of the time, they had no money to buy proper food, so they fed themselves on mostly potatoes. This is how the famine was such a disaster, because it struck all the potato crops |
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canislupus
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Traditionally it was the staple food as little else can be grown in the poor land most Irish people had, the English owned the better land and would export 'cash-crops' back to England (even during the famine which affected potatoes only).
Personally I prefer rice and pasta to potatoes , but these are luxuries that weren't available to our ancestors.
Most Irish people do not look like potatoes! well some do ;p |
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lovedove662000
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to me thats a stupied question,im irish and yea i do like them but people all over the world does,its not just us!! |
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limes78
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I would say it is less they like it than it was forced on them as part of their diet. when the english still ruled ireland the irish were not allowed to own land so they were forced to rent from english landlords. around the time of the napolionic wars, grain shipments from europe were cut off to england so they turned to ireland for their crops. the irish farms then committed most of their land to wheat and used potatoes as an easy source source of nutrition that didn't take up too much farm space. it just became a major staple of their diet. |
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nicky66667
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most Irish people do not like potatoes. I even hate potato's
because it is nasty and I am Irish. |
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Princess Katie
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because you can whip up a nice meal as long as you have a bag of spuds |
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bonnie_hunter344
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Because their freaking delicious, that answer your question???? |
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meg
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I'm Irish and i'm not a big fan of potatoes to be honest. I dont look like a potato either!!!! |
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deerpark4eva
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Coz ther's nuthin like a rake a' shpuds wit a lump a' butther... |
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eazzzywayyyy
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I think because most of them look like a potatoe. If you agree, just try to look some of them and you will see the truth. |
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pj
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Irish people like it because it was mostly available in Ireland and thus became their staple diet. Its easy to grow. |
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