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minus-squarecrashfrog@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down7·2 months agoIrish cuisine has a lot of potato dishes. Because they were cultivating potatoes.
minus-squareKaity@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoBecause the british bought all out their food sources, subjecting them to a famine where they had to grow potatoes to survive.
minus-squarecrashfrog@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·2 months agoNo, the famine happened after. You’ve got it backwards. The famine was started because of a widespread potato blight. It’s not called the Potato Famine because that’s all they could eat; it’s called that because that’s what they couldn’t eat.
Irish cuisine has a lot of potato dishes. Because they were cultivating potatoes.
Because the british bought all out their food sources, subjecting them to a famine where they had to grow potatoes to survive.
No, the famine happened after. You’ve got it backwards.
The famine was started because of a widespread potato blight. It’s not called the Potato Famine because that’s all they could eat; it’s called that because that’s what they couldn’t eat.