I was just on my way out the door last Thursday when I heard it first. Right at the end of the Morning Ireland radio show on RTE.
The interviewee was Lorcan Bourke from Bord Bia and the subject was spuds – specifically, that our renowned Irish love of the tuber was on a downward trajectory, at least if the steady decline in spud sales was anything to go by. I, needless to remark, was all ears.
![Purple heart of spudness Purple heart of spudness](https://www.thedailyspud.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Purple-heart-of-spudness.jpg)
I mean seriously folks, what's not to love?
Whaddya Sayin’?