On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 19:10:17 -0600, gloria.p wrote:

> James Silverton wrote:
>
>>
>> I think there is an apples/oranges comparison here. Peanut butter and
>> jelly does not vary much and, as a sole diet would drive me up the wall.
>> Pizza has many varieties and might keep interest somewhat longer and
>> potatoes, as you say, can be prepared in many ways. A better comparison
>> would be with the boiled potatoes that my Irish ancestors, perforce,
>> managed to live on but I think I'd try to emigrate if I had to do that,
>> as my ancestors did.
>>
>
> I have always read that the Irish emigrated because of a widespread
> potato blight that resulted in "the great potato famine", not from a
> surfeit of boiled potatoes.
>
> gloria p

but if that's what you mostly eat, the blight hits you in a big way.

your pal,
blake