SC - Period Potatoes
Kathleen M Everitt
kathe1 at juno.com
Wed Oct 29 19:15:56 PST 1997
> I had seen that comment before that "Potatoes aren't period" but I
>don't
>see how this is possible. There were Irish people living during
>Medival
>times, and potatoes in Ireland are a STAPLE food! In fact, I saw on
>TLC
>once, where hundreds of thousands of Irish men women and children
>starved to
>death at one point (sorry, it was a few months ago, and I dont'
>remember the
>date cited) because of a blight brought in from England that destroyed
>ALL
>the potato crops on the Island.
Much later. 1846 if I remember the date. Definitely 1800, though.
Potatoes didn't become a staple in Ireland until after our time period.
>-Laurene
Julleran
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