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[–] Infynis@midwest.social 44 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I seem to remember there being issues historically with poor people relying on potatoes as their food source

[–] Chriswild@lemmy.world 68 points 8 months ago (1 children)

A lot of that was also the British taking Irish food supplies.

[–] shootwhatsmyname@lemm.ee 66 points 8 months ago (1 children)

No way. The British would never take anything from someone else

[–] tryptaminev@feddit.de 28 points 8 months ago

It is not stealing if you declared it your land 50 years ago.

[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah being on the genocide list of the English had more to do with that than the taters

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

(Note to the reader: they can be boiled, mashed, or simply added without ceremony to a pre-existing stew)