the french are taking the credit.
The type of potato grown by the Irish was overrun by blight. Since the potato was the main staple food of the average Irishman (or Irishwoman) many in the country died of starvation or they left for America to try and better their fortunes.
Yes, Potato blight is endemic in Ireland and Europe, but today a variety of types of potato are grown some of which are blight resistant and we also have chemical sprays that can kill the fungus. The trouble with the blight in the past was that there were no sprays and only one variety of potato was grown and when a blight evolved to attack this variety, it meant that ALL the Irish crop was hit and this lead to famine.
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Potato was grown in 1995
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The Hungarian potato is purple.
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A Pomme is french for apple. So basically, Pommes Parmantier is kind of cut or slice of a potato. It is called Pomme Parmantier because potato signifies as an apple grown from the ground.
no the potato comes from south America (Peru)
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