The death has occurred of good spuds.. RIP

My name is URL

So we all know that Jesus had a disciple bring the potato to Ireland, and this is what captivated the hungry masses during the Viking raids of 798. Never forget...

I bought some spuds earlier and steamed them with the skin on. Compared to a week ago they were absolutely disgusting. They were the same variety too, and bought from the same shop.

Who is to blame for this terrible injustice? No more good spuds now until next year.. it's worse than 9/11

Seaneh

what happend on the 9th of november?

mike65

Spud U no like?

Varied

You sound like a right fanny magnet.

Lando Griffin

Your so pre Celtic Tiger, we are all eaten pasta now.

wp_rathead

My name is URL wrote: »

So we all know that Jesus had a disciple bring the potato to Ireland, and this is what captivated the hungry masses during the Viking raids of 798. Never forget...

I bought some spuds earlier and steamed them with the skin on. Compared to a week ago they were absolutely disgusting. They were the same variety too, and bought from the same shop.

Who is to blame for this terrible injustice? No more good spuds now until next year.. it's worse than 9/11

According to AH it will be:
British
Public Sector
European Union
Knackers
PC Brigaders
People on the dole

Fromthetrees

Lando Griffin wrote: »

Your so pre Celtic Tiger, we are all eaten pasta now.

and cous cous

Fromthetrees

wprathead wrote: »

According to AH it will be:
British
Public Sector
European Union
Knackers
PC Brigaders
People on the dole

Can we blame the Jews or Muslims???

My name is URL

Varied wrote: »

You sound like a right fanny magnet.

It just seems that way because of how fast they are traveling away from you

admiralofthefleet

Seaneh wrote: »

what happend on the 9th of november?

opal fruits became starburst

patwicklow

My name is URL wrote: »

So we all know that Jesus had a disciple bring the potato to Ireland, and this is what captivated the hungry masses during the Viking raids of 798. Never forget...

I bought some spuds earlier and steamed them with the skin on. Compared to a week ago they were absolutely disgusting. They were the same variety too, and bought from the same shop.

Who is to blame for this terrible injustice? No more good spuds now until next year.. it's worse than 9/11

http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0726/potatoes-genetically-modified.html

Teagasc has been granted permission to carry out field trials on a genetically modified potato that would improve resistance to blight.

wp_rathead

Fromthetrees wrote: »

Can we blame the Jews or Muslims???

hmm, don't see much jew-bashing here, but sure, add Muslims to the list:pac:

Shryke

Par boil, and roast. You could par boil and then roast a rock and I swear you'd love it. Don't though, expectation and all that.

allthedoyles

Do you always eat with your jacket on ?

Varied

My name is URL wrote: »

It just seems that way because of how fast they are traveling away from you

Oh

My mistake.:(

Lando Griffin

Fromthetrees wrote: »

and cous cous

Thinly veiled "I shop in exotic food shops" post.

Shryke

My name is URL wrote: »

Varied wrote: »

You sound like a right fanny magnet.

It just seems that way because of how fast they are traveling away from you

Wonderful.

Senna

Get fed up with new boils about a week after they're in season.

mackg

Lando Griffin wrote: »

Thinly veiled "I shop in exotic food shops" post.

Yep, doesn't get much more exotic than Tesco.

starbelgrade

It has been an awful year for growing spuds. Far too much rain to get consistent crops.

efb

this is 1845 all over again

Marcusm

My name is URL wrote: »

So we all know that Jesus had a disciple bring the potato to Ireland, and this is what captivated the hungry masses during the Viking raids of 798. Never forget...

History has the potato arriving in Europe in the15th/16th century and supposedly introduced to Ireland by the chopper bike man in the late 16th century; did we really get them 800 years earlier?

staker

Maybe you read too much into the "cremation thread" OP. Over-cooking a full pot of spuds doesn't automatically mean they'll all fit onto the one plate.

Go back for seconds....
Or just eat 'em straight from the pot:)

Smidge

Spuds have gone to slop recently and have sky-rocketted in price.

In the space of 4 weeks a 10kg bag in out local shop went from 3.99 to 10.99:eek:

More annoyingly, had to throw about a third of the bag out as they were rotten:(

starbelgrade

efb wrote: »

this is 1845 all over again

Not as bad as 1935 though - the oft forgotten about Garlic Potato famine.

Killed approximately 146 million Irish.

dirtyden

My name is URL wrote: »

So we all know that Jesus had a disciple bring the potato to Ireland, and this is what captivated the hungry masses during the Viking raids of 798. Never forget...

I bought some spuds earlier and steamed them with the skin on. Compared to a week ago they were absolutely disgusting. They were the same variety too, and bought from the same shop.

Who is to blame for this terrible injustice? No more good spuds now until next year.. it's worse than 9/11

Need more info. What type of spud was it. The season for diff types can be shortish. Was it a new potato, when you get them bad they are horrid.

Dont despair though, the spud will never die.

mike65

What did we bulk out a meal with before Walter Raleigh/Francis Drake/ Thomas Harriot came back with potatoes?

Fromthetrees

starbelgrade wrote: »

Not as bad as 1935 though - the oft forgotten about Garlic Potato famine.

Killed approximately 146 million Irish.

STOP MAKING FUN OF THE FAMINE!!!!!!!!

MY GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANDPARENTS WERE PROBABLY EFFECTED BY IT IN SOME WAY PRESUMABLY!!!!!!!!!

My name is URL

What do you mean 'was it a new potato'? Of course it was new.. I just bought it today.

Sky King

There was a boy in work today bitching about this season's spuds, funnily enough. Said they were pure shyte.

I got a bag in Aldi 2 weeks ago and had some today and they were grand in fairness.

Mickey H

wprathead wrote: »

According to AH it will be:
British
Public Sector
European Union
Knackers
PC Brigaders
People on the dole

Not to mention:
Skobers
Greasers
Dweebs
Dickheads
The Mods
Foreigners
The church
Protestants
Joe Duffy

etc... :rolleyes:

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

opal fruits became starburst

Marathon became Snickers.

Wee Willy Harris

Can tolerate a bit of plight, long as they don't go all blightey

Have had a similar issue with mushrooms of late.

efb

starbelgrade wrote: »

Not as bad as 1935 though - the oft forgotten about Garlic Potato famine.

Killed approximately 146 million Irish.

thank god there was never a garlic bread famine!

dirtyden

My name is URL wrote: »

What do you mean 'was it a new potato'? Of course it was new.. I just bought it today.

Herein lies your problem.

You lack potato knowledge.

starbelgrade

Fromthetrees wrote: »

STOP MAKING FUN OF THE FAMINE!!!!!!!!

MY GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANDPARENTS WERE PROBABLY EFFECTED BY IT IN SOME WAY PRESUMABLY!!!!!!!!!

If you are in any way effected by famine jokes, please call the Famine Joke Complaints Line on 0800 1-potato 2-potato 3-potato 4

the_syco

My name is URL wrote: »

I bought some spuds earlier and steamed them with the skin on. Compared to a week ago they were absolutely disgusting.

I peel the spuds. I don't care if they're new or not. I peel them. When you peel them, you'll see if they're binable or not, and lately one out of every 5 goes into the bin, as opposed to one in every twenty this time last year. Spuds this year are very bad.

Smidge

starbelgrade wrote: »

If you are in any way effected by famine jokes, please call the Famine Joke Complaints Line on 0800 1-potato 2-potato 3-potato 4

You deserve a thanks for that, made me spit out the tea laughing:o

RobbingBandit

This is that Polish,Nigerian,gypo curse they ere talking about in the dole queue today then.

the_syco

Fromthetrees wrote: »

MY GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANDPARENTS WERE PROBABLY EFFECTED BY IT IN SOME WAY PRESUMABLY!!!!!!!!!

Were they vegetables? We may have eaten them... :P

mike65

starbelgrade wrote: »

If you are in any way effected by famine jokes, please call the Famine Joke Complaints Line on 0800 1-potato 2-potato 3-potato 4

I'd love to thank that but can't really.

starbelgrade

the_syco wrote: »

I peel the spuds. I don't care if they're new or not. I peel them. When you peel them, you'll see if they're binable or not, and lately one out of every 5 goes into the bin, as opposed to one in every twenty this time last year. Spuds this year are very bad.

Do you peel them even if you're making mash?

staker

the_syco wrote: »

I peel the spuds. I don't care if they're new or not. I peel them. When you peel them, you'll see if they're binable or not, and lately one out of every 5 goes into the bin, as opposed to one in every twenty this time last year. Spuds this year are very bad.

Mickey H

RobbingBandit wrote: »

This is that Polish,Nigerian,gypo curse they ere talking about in the dole queue today then.

Oh, not THAT again...

B.A._Baracus

I bought a big bag of potatoes (5kg?) from dunnes stores a month ago. Next day opened them and they were all gooey. Like they were rotting in some store room for weeks.

2 weeks ago bought another bag (this time feeling the potatoes inside) were grand. Although 1 or 2 were rotten too. Must be this years batch or something.

shedweller

Quite a few Thanks Whores owned in the first ten posts! Awesome result!!

ArtSmart

starbelgrade wrote: »

It has been an awful year for growing spuds. Far too much rain to get consistent crops.

There hasnt be a good spud in years. mind you i havent bought/seen organic, so i dunno it a good spud still exists or not.

pragmatic1

Spuds generally taste like shyte nowadays. They were far nicer when I was a kid.

starbelgrade

ArtSmart wrote: »

There hasnt be a good spud in years. mind you i havent bought/seen organic, so i dunno it a good spud still exists or not.

I grow my own in one of the fields out the back - the last couple of years haven't been bad at all.. two summers ago I had some amazing spuds, but it's been super wet this year & a lot of the crop has rotted in the ground.

It's been the same all over the country which is why the prices have gone up so much over the last few months.

ArtSmart

pragmatic1 wrote: »

Spuds generally taste like shyte nowadays. They were far nicer when I was a kid.

I was gonna write the 'when i was a kid....' but decided I might open myself to slaggin. so i didnt.

ArtSmart

starbelgrade wrote: »

I grow my own in one of the fields out the back - the last couple of years haven't been bad at all.. two summers ago I had some amazing spuds, but it's been super wet this year & a lot of the crop has rotted in the ground.

It's been the same all over the country which is why the prices have gone up so much over the last few months.

yeah, home grown the man. commercial stuff has lost it a/ omph and b/ taste and c/ its omph.

ah, i remember the days, a big bowl of home grown new spuds steaming and the butter melting into..' like cocaine it was. (ahem, i imagine)

efb

Corrie are going to do a famine special- Deirdre over boils the spuds so Ken has an affair -with Blaches corpse- which ironically has potatoes growing out her her rotting flesh- with sexy results!!!