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Boxty: Traditional Irish potato pancakes, often served with sour cream or smoked salmon.
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Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
Humans have figured out the forces behind planetary motion and the Irish potato famine, yet most canker sores remain something of a mystery, even while affecting 25% of people worldwide.
—Matt Fuchs, TIME, 26 Feb. 2025
Cabbage, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, and Irish potatoes can be planted in the next 10 to 12 days.
—Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Feb. 2025
The appetizer table will feature a charcuterie board, bacon rollups, brie bites, bruschetta, sausage rolls, wings, spinach and artichoke dip and Irish potato pancakes known as boxty.
—Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 20 Dec. 2024
For the economic historian, it is widely accepted that Halloween came to America along with the significant Irish wave of immigrants as a result of the economic hardships brought on by the Irish potato famine from 1845 to 1851.
—Kevin Dayhoff, Baltimore Sun, 2 Nov. 2024
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
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Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
Humans have figured out the forces behind planetary motion and the Irish potato famine, yet most canker sores remain something of a mystery, even while affecting 25% of people worldwide.
—Matt Fuchs, TIME, 26 Feb. 2025
Cabbage, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, and Irish potatoes can be planted in the next 10 to 12 days.
—Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Feb. 2025
The appetizer table will feature a charcuterie board, bacon rollups, brie bites, bruschetta, sausage rolls, wings, spinach and artichoke dip and Irish potato pancakes known as boxty.
—Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 20 Dec. 2024
For the economic historian, it is widely accepted that Halloween came to America along with the significant Irish wave of immigrants as a result of the economic hardships brought on by the Irish potato famine from 1845 to 1851.
—Kevin Dayhoff, Baltimore Sun, 2 Nov. 2024
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
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“Irish potato.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Irish%20potato. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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