Potato

While the Great famine could not have happened without the failure of the potato crop – something beyond the control of the British Government- their subsequent response, or there lack of, to the crisis greatly contributed to the devastation caused by the blight. As evidenced by Tony Blair’s 1997 apology to the Irish people, the British Government’s policies during the Great Famine toward a country it was, on paper at least, in union with, were unforgivable. Although the Conservative government…

or even baked, hot and fluffy and oozing with butter, the potato is delicious just about any way you prepare it. Although often taken for granted, there is no denying that the potato is a mainstay in cuisines throughout North and South America as well as Europe. Even though it is a food that nearly everyone is familiar with, very few people know much about the origin, travels and importance of the potato. Many of us associate the potato with culinary uses in Europe…

increases, the potato appearance, shape, and flexibility increase. The qualitative observations show the flexibility of each potato before and after the incubation. The initial observations for the potato slivers were slightly stiff and high in flexibility. After leaving the 10 mL sucrose concentration solution for 45 minutes, the results show an increase in appearance, and flexibility of each individual potato. The qualitative observations from the initial results show that the potato cells…

just planting 2 pounds of potato seeds. It is important that you follow the required space before you start planting them. So, why is it important that you know how far apart to plant potatoes…

the final weight ranged from 6.28g to 8.05g. If we increase the sucrose solution concentration, the percentage weight of the potato will decrease. The result show that the solution is were hypertonic because it caused the cell to lose weight. This table show the data that we recorded. Sucrose Molarity 0% 1% 5% 10% 15% Initial…

I planted the potato plants, went back every morning, and evening to water the plants. A month has past and I have full grown potatoes in the ground, but today I noticed that there was holes in my garden which someone has been taking my potato plants. At this point I was really mad. I made a plan to see who has been taking my potatoes, I was going to go to the garden at 10:00PM…

recognized that every other family ate mashed potatoes on this day too. A lot more butter and sour cream goes into our mashed potatoes on Thanksgiving and in this case, that is why they are special, but in reality, it was just another day and just another potato. The biggest difference of mashed potatoes on a normal day and mashed potatoes as a celebratory item was that Thanksgiving gathered my entire family together to enjoy both sides of our culture. Thanksgiving cooking became a lot more…

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potatoes were strictly responsible for many deaths, that alone would not have killed millions as the famine did. English protestants were technically the properties owners renting their land to Irish peasants to grow plantations on, but as soon as the potato infestation struck, they kicked the Irish planters off of their property. The Irish could no longer grow their crops, which put them at an even greater disadvantage. The English protestants could not be stopped from doing this because it was…

to the United States. According to Country Meters, and World Meters, the current population of Ireland is 4,824,604. While the United States is 325,127634, making the U.S. population over 300,000,000 times larger than Ireland’s. Also, detailed in Potato Goodness, potatoes were originally introduced…