[Sca-cooks] deep frying

[Terry Decker]

Potatoes appear to have been planted in Ireland in 1606 (no, not Raleigh).
It was suggested that they be grown to feed the poor in the mid-17th
Century, but it wasn't until the late-18th Century that cultivation moved to
large scale, so as a street food, I'd say you have a good supposition.

Bear


>You have to figure that, if most of the stories (like the one about
>Parmentier planting the heavily guarded potato garden so the tubers
>would be stolen at night)  are true, the white potato didn't really
>take off until the early 19th century. I would expect some kind of
>fried potato to become street food, like the ubiquitous hot corn in
>19th-century American cities, soon thereafter. I'll get back to this
>after the New Year's thing is up...
>
>Adamantius