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Meals are three courses as standard at Kibale, with a wide range of meat, fish, and vegetarian options created from mainly local ingredients, including Irish potatoes, avocados, eggs, matoke, tomatoes, chicken, and beef.
—Kate Lewis, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
His great-grandfather, orphaned during the Irish potato famine, came to San Francisco in 1853.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 8 May 2024
Mid-February responsibilities ... ▪ Plant Cole crops (cabbage, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower), also Irish potatoes into a sunny, well-draining garden location.
—Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Feb. 2024
Dent grew wheat, Indian corn, oats and Irish potatoes.
—John Reeves, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2023
Being present was a major challenge during the Irish potato famine of 1845.
—Heather Havrilesky, New York Times, 12 May 2023
Controlling Late Blight in Tomatoes The same fungus-like microbe that causes late blight on tomatoes today is responsible for the devastating Irish potato famine of the 1840s.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 May 2023
Also be sure to sample the boxty, which are homemade Irish potato cakes served with sour cream and scallions.
—Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Mar. 2023
The state’s attorney general is investigating the closure of Quinnipiac University’s Great Irish Hunger Museum, which shut its doors permanently in August after nine years dedicated to study of what’s commonly known as the Irish potato famine.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2021
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First Known Use
1664, in the meaning defined above
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“Irish potato.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Irish%20potato. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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