“ True the greater part of the Irish people was close to starvation. The numbers of weakened people dying from disease were rising. So few potatoes had been planted that, even if they escaped bight, the… Edward Rutherfurd
“ For the increase in the number of my Brennan cousins, Conall remarked dryly, we must thank the potato. Edward Rutherfurd
“ So what is the best vegetable? Well, we all know that: it's the potato. The vegetable you can't screw up. You can throw a potato , run away from it - and, an hour later, it's turned into a meal. Try d… Caitlin Moran
“ Once the leeks and potatoes have simmered for an hour or so, you mash them up with a fork or a food mill or a potato ricer. All three of these options are far more of a pain in the neck than the Cuisi… Julie Powell
“ Irish people marry late, as a rule. We have that potato-famine DNA from the old country, that mentality where you don't give birth to anything until you have the potatoes all stored up to feed it. My… Rob Sheffield
“ DO NOT PUT ALL YOUR TRUST IN ROOT VEGETABLES. WHAT THINGS SEEM TO BE MAY NOT BE WHAT THEY ARE.-Death Terry Pratchett
“ She made a creche outside the Inn. The natives thought it was wonderful, and Sister Honey was gratified by their numbers.Why have the devils with wings come to mock at the poor baby?' asked the childr… Rumer Godden
“ He looked at them and saw their faces did not fit. The skin on the skulls crawled and twitched like half-solid paste. All the heads in his angle of vision seemed irregular lumps, like potatoes but wit… Alasdair Gray
“ Often I Wish I Werea potato.Eyes openedin all directions.Unafraid of the cold earth.The differencebetween life and deathfor somebody. Katerina Stoykova Klemer
