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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

"What a great day of 1841 in Ireland."

Phytophthora infestans:

[–] [email protected] 38 points 10 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 hour ago

Came looking for this.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 hours ago

My potatoes are kept in the bag they were bought in. Last a lot longer there than all the other storage solutions I've tried like wooden bins, metal bins and refrigerator.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 hours ago

I mean, you say that, but I once had some carrots which had turned black on the outside and when I peeled them, they still looked and tasted like fresh carrots.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

a good spud, 'e is.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 12 hours ago

Potato: W̴̡̪̘̙͖̯̺̟̜͎͙̯̫͂͛̐͛̓̒̀͗̾͌̽͝h̴͉̱̺̩͒ȩ̴̛͇̞̙͉̝̩̿̾͑r̶̨̥̳̝̝̳̤͙̀̀͂́͑͘͠͝e̶̞̻̮͔͊̍͛̈́͌'̶̼͎̱̞͚̮͓̠͈̐͒͒̋́͒͊̅̉́͝͝s̵̠͍̎̌̾̃͐͘͝ ̷̛̭̬̈́͌̀̍͆͂̈́̿̾̂̃͝t̸̜̉̈́͊̀́̿͐̋͗͊h̴͉̠̳̗̹̱͔͇́̆̏͂̓e̵̛̗̙̽͊͛͊̌̇͐̌̏͆̈́̌ ̵̡̛̙̰̭̬̉̃͊́̑̀͝f̴̦͓̈́̾̋u̵̢̺̯̰̲̫̗̹͎͓̯͑̈̉̔c̶̱͚̯̦͈͚̓̈́̉̍̊́̏͂k̷̠̝̔͗͑͒͐̈̄̋͋̄̾̄ͅi̵͚̤̣̺͙̬̳̱͐͗͜͝͝n̴̛̬͍̦͕͚̠͚̼̈́̂ĝ̴̟̥̮͚̯̻̘͕̠̦̔̾̌̃̀͜ ̴̗̭̝̹̙̺̱̂͂̔̈͘͜͜͠s̴̢̙̟̳̰̜̓̐̈́́̇̍̓o̵̪̹̖̼̗͖̣̲̗͕̗̾͂͑͜͝ͅi̶̡̛͈̣̖̯̭̠͙͋̽͒̉͂͋̕͝l̷̡̧̜̼̼̹̯̻̥̹̩̉͑̿̓̊̓͋̕͘͠͝

[–] [email protected] 75 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago

I was expecting mole rats

[–] [email protected] 15 points 13 hours ago

Boil 'em, mash 'em, use 'em to play doom

[–] [email protected] 66 points 13 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 14 hours ago

Imagine if Irish people were easily offended.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Root cellars were amazing things. My grandparents would grow potatoes and store them for a year until next harvest.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 14 hours ago

Root gives me milk

[–] [email protected] 39 points 14 hours ago

I mean, potatoes are pretty picky about their storage too.