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To: EternalHope
Supposedly potatoes gave more calories and nutrition than anything else that could be grown in that amount of land.

That's why the Irish peasants survived on them for generations.

Until Phytophthora infestans came a-calling.

19 posted on 02/27/2014 7:01:20 PM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: DuncanWaring

there’s something about potatoes that helps keep weight on.


25 posted on 02/27/2014 7:52:27 PM PST by RitchieAprile
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