Posts Tagged The Famine

Spud Sunday: Soup For Thought

A hearty bowl of curried potato and cauliflower soup, inspired by Gorta’s SoupForLife campaign.


Spud Sunday: In Handel’s Day

George Frideric Handel, saturated fat, the war on carbs and musically-shaped duchesse potatoes – we’ve got it all here…


Spud Sunday: One Lumper Or Two?

There are a bewildering variety of potatoes out there and I’m trying to figure out which ones to grow. Definitely won’t be growing Lumpers, though. The infamous potatoes of famine times in Ireland were reputedly nasty, wet and just not very pleasant.