Potatoes

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It caused lots of Irish people to leave Ireland. Many of those went to the USA and right to this day many people can trace their ancestry as far back as to those people that came from Ireland in the 1840s. Many Irish people got heavily involved in American society, working in all sorts of areas and helping to contribute to the development of the USA at that time. Their legacies remain in things they did, like building cities and towns, building railways, get involved with the police, army, navy, fire services, politics etc.

Potatoes originally come from South America specifically from the Andes mountains. They were brought to Europe by early Spanish explorers in the 1500's. They were slowly adopted as a staple because they can grow in many types of soil.

There are over 4000 kinds of potatoes, all cultivars that trace their origin to Peru and Chile.

Starvation, illness, suicide, murder, old age.

It is a myth there has been guite alot of theories, but no one really believes......

Potatoes were brought back to Ireland and the rest of Europe from the "New World", South America, upon their discovery by European explorers. Potatoes were not found anywhere in Europe, Asia or Africa until they were imported.

Ireland became dependent on potatoes after their importation to Europe largely because it was a poor country and potatoes grow quickly and easily in many different climates.

John Hawkins

Jhon Hawkins was a famous adventurer. Many people think that it was Walter Raleigh but unfourtunatley that is incorrect!

During the 17th through the 19th centuries every square inch of Ireland was owned by some great landlord, either and Englishman or a wealthy Irish Protestant. The vast majority of productive agricultural land was given over to sheep farming or raising crops for export to England. The poor Catholic Irish had to make do with trying to raise food on marginally arable land. There was very little that would grow on the acres they had available to them. Potatoes are a hardy crop that will grow almost anywhere and produce abundantly. As a result potatoes became not merely a staple of the Irish diet but were often the only thing they had to eat. Thus they became known as potato eaters or potato people.

It is not known for certain when it came to Ireland. The potato comes from South America and would have come to Europe with returning Spanish explorers in the 1570s. At sometime within the following years it would have come to Ireland, in the 1570s or 1580s. It is often said that Walter Raleigh brought the potato to Ireland, but that is not certain and generally regarded as a myth.

The sinking of the battleship Maine in Havana harbor was the catalyst that led America into the hopelessly one-sided Spanish-American War in 1898. Many people had motive to sink the Maine. Anyone or any group that wanted war between these two countries would be legitimate targets of speculation. There were the "yellow-journalists" of America like William Randolph Hearst and his ilk who thought that they could generate news rather than just report it. There were a small handful of proud Spanish military officers who resented American heavy-handed interference in Spanish-Cuban affairs, and last but not least the Cuban revolutionaries who were fighting for freedom from their Spanish occupiers, who certainly knew that US intervention on their behalf would assure victory. Lastly their is that ever-present culprit that is always lingering around looking for an opportunity to cause mischief...fate. Perhaps it was indeed an accident in the form of a boiler explosion as the official Navy inquiry ruled. We will probably never know for sure since the Navy towed the hulk out into the deep Gulf of Mexico and sunk it there out of easy reach.

Some people say that he did, some say that he didn't. In fact, he found some people in the west Indies who already had the sweet potato.

in almost all states except for i think two

This is a trick question. He may have liked them had he ever had the opportunity to try one. He died in 1547 and the potato was not introduced to England until 1588. It would have been Queen Elizabeth I that first tried a potato.

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Insects such as grubs and some beetles eat potatoes, but raw potatoes are toxic to mammals. Well-cooked potatoes are not toxic and can be fed to practically any herbivore or omnivore that develops a taste for them.

The potato-battery experiment only generates about 1.5 volts a few milliamps. For a 40W incadescant bulb you typically need 120V and about 330 mas. If you could control all your losses in circuitry and somehow group the potatoes in series you would need about 160 potatoes. Wire 80 in series and parallel that with another 80 in series. This will provide DC vice AC. You need the proper anode and cathode and proper gauge wire. 40W isn't practical application. Try smaller bulb for starters and work your way up.

Soaking potatoes in salt water before cooking can help improve their flavor by enhancing their natural sweetness. It can also help the potatoes retain their shape better during cooking, especially when they are going to be roasted or fried. However, soaking potatoes in salt water for too long can make them overly salty, so it's important to monitor the soaking time.

Lemons, potatoes, and oranges can produce a small amount of electricity through a chemical reaction when used in a simple homemade battery. This is due to the presence of acidic or alkaline compounds in these fruits and vegetables that enable them to serve as electrolytes in the battery, facilitating the flow of electrons and generating a small electric current.

Potato is also used for making batteries. So obviously, it is a good conductor.

Starch and water molecules in potato cells are stored in the vacuole, a membrane-bound organelle responsible for storing nutrients and waste products within the cell. The vacuole helps maintain the cell's turgor pressure and plays a role in regulating the cell's internal environment.

Potatoes are adapted to grow in areas with varying water availability, making them resilient to fluctuations in rainfall. Their tuber roots store water for times of drought, allowing them to survive with minimal irrigation. Although they may not reach optimal yields without supplemental watering, potatoes can still grow and produce a harvest relying solely on natural rainfall.

They're both carbohydrates (starch) - so you body turns them into sugars,

which either give you energy or make you fat ... your choice.

The white dust on vining plants is likely powdery mildew, a fungal disease that thrives in humid conditions. It can weaken plants and impact their growth and fruit production. To treat powdery mildew, remove and dispose of infected leaves, improve air circulation around the plant, and apply a fungicidal spray if necessary.

swell up due to osmosis, as water will move from an area of higher concentration (outside the cells) to an area of lower concentration (inside the cells), causing them to expand. This can eventually lead to the cells bursting.

All potato plants have flowers, but most modern varieties do not produce seeds. This is because they were bred to put their energy into the tuber, and have lost the ability to reproduce sexually. For most field potatoes, white or purple flowers appear at about 12 weeks after plants emerge, then the flowers fall off a few days later.

Some people do still propagate the older varieties from seed, and save the seeds to plant every year. While this lessens the chance of virus-infected potatoes, it is not feasible on a large scale.