Comments on: A Brief History of the Potato http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2009/03/a-brief-history-of-the-potato/ A Heaping Helping of Food News, Science and Culture Fri, 24 May 2013 17:26:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Edith Flores Wolff http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2009/03/a-brief-history-of-the-potato/comment-page-1/#comment-14584 Edith Flores Wolff Sat, 19 Nov 2011 08:49:20 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=1149#comment-14584 Thank you so much for this article. I enjoyed reading it. Well, I just arrived from Ireland and though I live in Germany, I really did not dwell on potatoe so much. But, our guide and driver during the tour talked a lot about potatoes that I was carried away. Now, I am researching on potatoes and posting a lot of stuff about it. Let us see how far I can go. Thank you so much for this article. I enjoyed reading it. Well, I just arrived from Ireland and though I live in Germany, I really did not dwell on potatoe so much. But, our guide and driver during the tour talked a lot about potatoes that I was carried away. Now, I am researching on potatoes and posting a lot of stuff about it. Let us see how far I can go.

]]> By: Ben Franklin: Patriot, Foodie | Food & Think http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2009/03/a-brief-history-of-the-potato/comment-page-1/#comment-701 Ben Franklin: Patriot, Foodie | Food & Think Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:01:12 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=1149#comment-701 [...] United States, Franklin was a guest of honor at a dinner party thrown by the French pharmacist Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, where every course was made from potatoes, as part of a campaign to promote potatoes as the answer [...] [...] United States, Franklin was a guest of honor at a dinner party thrown by the French pharmacist Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, where every course was made from potatoes, as part of a campaign to promote potatoes as the answer [...]

]]> By: Daily Food Blog Roundup: No Blarney - Young & Hungry - Washington City Paper http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2009/03/a-brief-history-of-the-potato/comment-page-1/#comment-246 Daily Food Blog Roundup: No Blarney - Young & Hungry - Washington City Paper Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:22:55 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=1149#comment-246 [...] & Think gives us a brief history of the potatoe (Dan Quayle spelling) and how a French pharmacist (and former prisoner of war) [...] [...] & Think gives us a brief history of the potatoe (Dan Quayle spelling) and how a French pharmacist (and former prisoner of war) [...]

]]> By: Food as a Form of Protest | Food & Think http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2009/03/a-brief-history-of-the-potato/comment-page-1/#comment-244 Food as a Form of Protest | Food & Think Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:21:28 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=1149#comment-244 [...] noticed several stories lately that mention potatoes being used in a surprising way. Icelanders, or possibly Santa, have dumped potatoes on the steps of [...] [...] noticed several stories lately that mention potatoes being used in a surprising way. Icelanders, or possibly Santa, have dumped potatoes on the steps of [...]

]]> By: joelfinkle http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2009/03/a-brief-history-of-the-potato/comment-page-1/#comment-243 joelfinkle Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:21:04 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=1149#comment-243 You left out an important reason why potatoes became the dominant crop in Ireland: Oppressive taxes on grain were not present on the potato, providing a means for the countrymen to grow enough food for themselves *and* bring a crop to market. So politics was a big part of it. Next, go see Alton Brown's Good Eat's ep on Corned Beef -- that ain't Irish at all. You left out an important reason why potatoes became the dominant crop in Ireland: Oppressive taxes on grain were not present on the potato, providing a means for the countrymen to grow enough food for themselves *and* bring a crop to market.

So politics was a big part of it.

Next, go see Alton Brown’s Good Eat’s ep on Corned Beef — that ain’t Irish at all.

]]> By: Harry http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2009/03/a-brief-history-of-the-potato/comment-page-1/#comment-242 Harry Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:06:13 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=1149#comment-242 Why not go really overboard and read an earlier entertaining book about the history of the potato? The Potato: How the Humble Spud Rescued the Modern World, by Larry Zuckerman. Why not go really overboard and read an earlier entertaining book about the history of the potato? The Potato: How the Humble Spud Rescued the Modern World, by Larry Zuckerman.

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