Irish Eyes... smiling.A favorite restaurant, The Harp on Detroit Ave. in Lakewood is reason alone for raising a glass to good music and boxties. Considered to be "poor man's bread," potato pancakes happen to be... delicious!
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And why speak of St Pat's on a botany blog? Have you ever known a people who's lives and hardship were more completely tied with botany? The Irish Famine was due to a potato blight, and it changed the course of a nation's history.
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A potato infected with Phytophthora infestans (blight).. photo Wikipedia
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The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan is a fascinating book- which covers the history of potatoes as well as several other influential plants.
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Ah, but today, I was more interested in hops.
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