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  2. Agriculture in Ireland - Wikipedia

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    In 1845, potatoes accounted for a little under a third of tilled acreage in Ireland, with it being the food source that three million people were exclusively dependent on. In the 1830s and the beginning of the 1840s, a large part of livestock numbers were exported and also up to one quarter of grain that was produced.

  3. Timeline of Irish inventions and discoveries - Wikipedia

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    1950: Flavoured potato crisps invented by Joseph Murphy. [56] 1954: Clofazimine discovered by a medical research team led by Vincent Barry. 1960s: Portable defibrillator invented by Frank Pantridge. [57] 1967: Pulsars discovered by Jocelyn Bell Burnell. [58] 1970s: Avermectin discovered by William C. Campbell. [59]

  4. European potato failure - Wikipedia

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    The European potato failure was a food crisis caused by potato blight that struck Northern and Western Europe in the mid-1840s. The time is also known as the Hungry Forties . While the crisis produced excess mortality and suffering across the affected areas, particularly affected were the Scottish Highlands , with the Highland Potato Famine and ...

  5. History of the potato - Wikipedia

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    These potatoes were then fermented in order to create tocosh, and ground to a pulp, soaked, and filtered into a starch referred to as almidón de papa. However, the cash crop of the Andean people was chuño, created by letting potatoes freeze overnight allowing them to thaw in the morning which they repeated to soften the potatoes. Then ...

  6. Irish Famine (1879) - Wikipedia

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    The famine of 1879 is attributed to the effects of the "Long Depression" in the late 19th century, inclement climate, potato blight, and cholera among chickens.Unlike the earlier Irish Famine of 1740 to 1741 and Great Famine of 1845 to 1852, the 1879 event resulted in fewer deaths, due to changes in the technology of food production, different structures of land-holding (the disappearance of ...

  7. The Fascinating History of Instant Potato Flakes - AOL

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    Turns out, mankind has relied on the magic of dehydrated potatoes long before Hungry Jack. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...

  8. Great Famine (Ireland) - Wikipedia

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    The Great Famine, also known as the Great Hunger (Irish: an Gorta Mór [ənˠ ˈɡɔɾˠt̪ˠə ˈmˠoːɾˠ]), the Famine and the Irish Potato Famine, [1] [2] was a period of mass starvation and disease in Ireland lasting from 1845 to 1852 that constituted a historical social crisis and had a major impact on Irish society and history as a whole. [3]

  9. Here's The Best Way To Freeze And Reheat Leftover Mashed Potatoes

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    First off, you need to make sure your potatoes come down to room temperature. The enemy of freezing any food is condensation. Placing hot food directly in the freezer will leave you with extra ice ...