Irish Potato Pie

[Eleanor Rose]

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Sodanie Chea from Norwalk, Ca, United States [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
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"This recipe, with slight adjustments, was brought over "on the boat" by the cook's great-great-aunt shortly after a potato famine in the 1880s. When asked why she had brought a potato pie (rather than a fruit pie) recipe with her, she'd answer that she had hoped that America would have an abundant supply of potatoes, as in Ireland there was "nary a sound potato to be had there. May God bring them back."

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Source: 'Feeding America: The Historic American Cookbook Project' and http://www.almanac.com/recipe/irish-potato-pie

 

[Jimklag]

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"This recipe, with slight adjustments, was brought over "on the boat" by the cook's great-great-aunt shortly after a potato famine in the 1880s. When asked why she had brought a potato pie (rather than a fruit pie) recipe with her, she'd answer that she had hoped that America would have an abundant supply of potatoes, as in Ireland there was "nary a sound potato to be had there. May God bring them back."

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Source: 'Feeding America: The Historic American Cookbook Project' and http://www.almanac.com/recipe/irish-potato-pie

My dad would have loved this. Anything from potatoes was okay with him.

 

[mofederal]

It sounds very tasty. I like potatoes very much in most any form. This extremely good. I would like to try this one. One problem is I would have to feed everyone. Thanks for posting @Eleanor Rose.

 

[donna]

Looks good. Thanks for adding for St. Patrick's Day.