I think I probably knew about Peru and potatoes somewhere along the line but had forgotten where they originated and most associate them with Ireland during the Potato famine. At any rate they are not like the originals as they have been hybridized many times over... unlike most rhubarb. Patti ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marilynn Masten" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 12:10 PM Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] To Ben Barr, brother of Rosanne > Of course, Patti, you do know that potatoes originated in Peru, not Ireland. > But after the Brits chased the Irish off all the good land and onto the > rocky soil of Western Ireland, the Irish found that at least potatoes would > grow. > > I love 'em. too. but not raw. I am allergic to a raw potato held in my hand > and I will break out in hives if I try to peel a potato. So, like Grandma, > I cook them with their jackets on. And eat the jackets, too. > > Sure Manna was Grits. That's why they only lasted one day before they > spoiled. > Marilynn > IBSSG > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Patti Armstrong" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 7:10 PM > Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] To Ben Barr, brother of Rosanne > > > >I think I feel about potatoes as you feel about grits. I never met one I > > didn't like and they can be cooked or not. Not the sweet potato types but > > the whites, reds, blues, yellows etc. > > Must have some Irish in there somewhere. > > Patti > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Thomas S. Fiske" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 7:39 AM > > Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] To Ben Barr, brother of Rosanne > > > > > >> "Man does not live by bread alone." That is why grits were invented. > >> Some think that the manna eaten by exiled slaves for forty years in the > >> desert, was really grits. > >> > >> Too good for exiled slaves, I say! > >> > >> I was raised on grits. That form of corn was always more agreeable to > >> me than the kind that was aged in an ash barrel for four years and then > >> bottled. > >> > >> Tom > >> > >> Patti Armstrong wrote: > >> > grits and cream of wheat are like little marbles rolling around in > >> > one's > >> > mouth. They are ugly no matter what you put on them. > >> > Patti > >> > ----- Original Message ----- > >> > From: "Fount Armstrong" <[email protected]> > >> > To: <[email protected]> > >> > Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 6:40 AM > >> > Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] To Ben Barr, brother of Rosanne > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > >> > >> -- > >> No virus found in this incoming message. > >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. > >> Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.13.0/465 - Release Date: 10/6/06 > >> > >> > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.13.1/466 - Release Date: 10/7/06 > >

Patti: I ordered Spaghetti in Ireland. It had potatoes in the sauce. Marilynn IBSSG ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patti Armstrong" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 9:22 AM Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] To Ben Barr, brother of Rosanne >I