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stanford_labrat on Oct 17, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: What the Irish Ate Before Potatoes

I’m Irish as well…my family’s food joke is that nothing grows in Ireland except: milk, fish, and potatoes (and meat, if you’re lucky!)

eropple on Oct 17, 2021 [–]

My family's includes rocks. Lots of rocks grow there.

vram22 on Oct 17, 2021 | [–]

I'm not Irish, but Irish friends tell me that tons of air grows there too. In fact, that may be while it is called Eire.

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