Could you survive on a pre-Famine Irish diet?

1. 2020-07-11 at 2:29 PM UTC

   #1
   Greek Style Tuskegee Airman
   Adult males consumed as much as 14lb (6.35kg) of potatoes per day.
   
   https://irishhistorypodcast.ie/could-you-survive-on-a-pre-famine-irish-diet-i-tried/
2. 2020-07-11 at 2:40 PM UTC

   #2
   I Live In Your Crawlspace Secretly4 Space Nigga
   I'm part Irish and also part feather indian i love potatoes and leather
   
   I could live off potatoes and green tomatoes for sure
3. 2020-07-11 at 6:33 PM UTC

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   the man who put it in my hood Black Hole
   That sounds delicious.
4. 2020-07-11 at 10:24 PM UTC

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   blackbird Tuskegee Airman
   How the fuck do you eat 14lbs of anything in a day.
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   • aldra
5. 2020-07-11 at 10:37 PM UTC

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   the man who put it in my hood Black Hole
   Well if each potato is a pound and you do a lot of physical labor like farming potato's without machinery then I could see eating five potato's three times a day
6. 2020-07-11 at 10:46 PM UTC

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   rabbitweed African Astronaut
   It's now mainstream in Ireland to describe this as a 'genocide'. From de British of course, not you know their own daylight criminal landlords (which are still a huge problem in Dublin in 2020).
   
   The Irish are such victims, it makes me sick. Especially if you consider the huge parts of the British empire that were at one time or another governed by Irishmen.
7. 2020-07-11 at 11:02 PM UTC

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   the man who put it in my hood Black Hole

   Originally posted by rabbitweed It's now mainstream in Ireland to describe this as a 'genocide'. From de British of course, not you know their own daylight criminal landlords (which are still a huge problem in Dublin in 2020).
   
   The Irish are such victims, it makes me sick. Especially if you consider the huge parts of the British empire that were at one time or another governed by Irishmen.

   
   REPUBLICAN SCUM!
   
   
8. 2020-07-11 at 11:40 PM UTC

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   A College Professor victim of incest [your moreover breastless limestone]
   bump this thread everytime you eat a potato
   
   
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   • Technologist
9. 2020-07-12 at 12:04 AM UTC

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   the man who put it in my hood Black Hole
   i just threw out a bag of potatos that went rotten months ago
10. 2020-07-12 at 12:22 AM UTC

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    -SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]
    You can't live very long on just potatoes. Not enough vitamins and minerals to keep you alive. You'd be dead in probably just a few months.
11. 2020-07-12 at 12:22 AM UTC

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    -SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]

    Originally posted by the man who put it in my hood i just threw out a bag of potatos that went rotten months ago

    
    The Irish would have had to eat those.
12. 2020-07-12 at 12:24 AM UTC

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    A College Professor victim of incest [your moreover breastless limestone]

    Originally posted by -SpectraL You can't live very long on just potatoes. Not enough vitamins and minerals to keep you alive. You'd be dead in probably just a few months.

    
    Yep that's why i would supplement it with green tomatoes.
13. 2020-07-12 at 12:29 AM UTC

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    -SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]
    Without any fruit, you'd get scurvy. Decreased red blood cells, gum disease, changes to hair, and bleeding from the skin.
14. 2020-07-12 at 12:31 AM UTC

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    A College Professor victim of incest [your moreover breastless limestone]
    Many people consider the tomato to be a fruit yet it occurs to me that others believe it to be a vegetable. It's really quite the quandary
15. 2020-07-12 at 12:34 AM UTC

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    -SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]

    Originally posted by A College Professor Many people consider the tomato to be a fruit yet it occurs to me that others believe it to be a vegetable. It's really quite the quandary

    
    Well, a tomato does have 13.7 mg of vitamin C in it, so you might be alright.
16. 2020-07-12 at 12:35 AM UTC

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    A College Professor victim of incest [your moreover breastless limestone]

    Originally posted by -SpectraL Well, a tomato does have 13.7 mg of vitamin C in it, so you might be alright.

    
    13.7 you say? Not bad, not bad at all. A lot of people don't get nearly enough vitamins, and it shows.
17. 2020-07-12 at 12:37 AM UTC

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    -SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]

    Originally posted by A College Professor 13.7 you say? Not bad, not bad at all. A lot of people don't get nearly enough vitamins, and it shows.

    
    They are also a good source for potassium, folate, and vitamin K.
18. 2020-07-12 at 1:22 AM UTC

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    the man who put it in my hood Black Hole

    Originally posted by the man who put it in my hood i just threw out a bag of potatos that went rotten months ago

    
    update on the potatoes;
    
    They seem to have lost their moisture content long ago and were just a black powder. The problem is everything under the bag also turned black. This shit can't be good to breathe in
19. 2020-07-12 at 1:42 AM UTC

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    A College Professor victim of incest [your moreover breastless limestone]
    its potato spores if you sniff them potatos will maniefst in yroue body blegghhhh the taters are forming inside of me!!!
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    • aldra
20. 2020-07-12 at 1:52 AM UTC

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    the man who put it in my hood Black Hole
    Apparently you can get high from green potatoes