SC - Period Potatoes

[Kathleen M Everitt]

>   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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