Ask yourself a question, what is the most popular food in the world? Probably, the first of what you will think about is round crisp pizza, or maybe you will try more simply and guess it could be pasta and lasagna, or will travel with your mind to the East and think of sushi and roasted rice, or will move to something sweet like donuts, ice cream and chocolate. There are as many answers as people on our beautiful planet. Nowadays, the variety of food we can choose from can satisfy every single taste. Almost every country has its own cuisine which contains some delicious dishes that make it unique. However, how do specialists, who create that food ratings, process the data they gathered? In order to make an authentic results, I think, they should ask all people around the world without any exception. That is really hard to achieve, but we can think about popular food in some other way which considers that the word popular doesn’t always mean the best. This is where potato chips take its winning place. They became very widespread around the world due to its huge variety of addictive crisp tastes, relatively cheap prices and simplicity of consuming. We can buy potato chips in every supermarket and grocery store, and even in non-shopping places like colleges and work offices where it’s possible to get a pack of tasty crisp chips using automatic vending machines. There is no reason to speak about their popularity in USA, and the situation on other four continents is alike. In Europe without any doubt they are loved as much as in USA. In Australia they are even more popular than biscuits. In South America and Asia potato chips are also widespread snacks with a specific tastes to suit the population. Around the world, people eat potato c...
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Student ID: 23137443 The Human Desire of Control Michael Pollan uses the potato to address the idea of control, in particular, whether we have control over nature or it has control over us. Potatoes were first found in South America growing in the Andes. The ancestors of the Incas lived in that area and were the first known humans to cultivate these potatoes for human consumption (Pollan 131). When settlers came to the New World, they marveled at these new crops that grew from spuds and shipped them back to Europe.
§ Sour cream-based dips are the most popular in flavor and account for 50 percent of total dip sales so Frito-Lay has an opportunity to gain market share with sour cream-based dips.
Today, in common culture, people expect their food right when they want it. Food takes time. It takes time to grow, in a paper by Steve Sexton called “The Inefficiency of Local Food” he claims that Idaho produces 30 percent of the countries potatoes. These potatoes take time to grow. They cannot just be magically grown. They need water, sunlight, and rich soil. People tend to forget this when thinking about their favorite foods. All they can think of is devouring these delectable foods. These foods also
Phythophthora infestans was the lethal fungus that infested Ireland's potato crop and eventually ruined all of the land it grew on. This time is called the Great Famine and has impacted Ireland due to its destructive extinction of the potato farms which caused disease, extreme poverty, and death.
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The Great Potato Famine was a problem that did not only cause starvation and disease but a drop in the economy. Known as the greatest epidemic of the 19th century the Potato Famine will have forever made an impact on Ireland. The Irish were damned from the start with little to no assistance from England with the exception of what they could get for themselves. With laws restricting the grain trade and no regulation on other goods Ireland had no fighting chance to make a turn around. With England living off of the principle “Irish property must pay for Irish poverty” Ireland was in need of outside assistance and that is exactly what many countries came to do.
The potato was first grown in the northern parts of South America then was introduced to Ireland in 1565. One theory shared by researchers about how the potato got to Ireland is that a ship sailing from South America carrying potatoes sank near the coast of Ireland and potatoes washed up on the shore. Another theory about the introduction of the potato to Ireland is that Sir Walter Raleigh brought potatoes back with him to Ireland from a trip to the Americas, but there is not a specific account of how potatoes were truly brought to Ireland and some experts believe there may not be one at all.
Potatoes have become a staple to the diet of humans.They have become so popular since they come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and tastes. They are also cheap and easy to grow, and they taste delicious! Potatoes have changed the course of history in several ways. Who knew that potatoes, just a starchy vegetable, could have helped shape the world in so many ways. First, the Irish Potato Famine killed a million people and caused another million to move out of Ireland. Second, soldiers in the United States army were able to eat potatoes throughout the war. Third, they prevented a famine from occurring in England after there was not a sufficient amount of crops going to sustain the country's cries for food. Many people wonder if potatoes have
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Today, Ireland is known as a land full of culture and pride. It is a beautiful land with rich music, art, religion, and tradition. Like any nation, however, Ireland has had its fair share of hardship. The most devastating of which was known as the Great Famine. The nation was deeply devastated by this event both economically and socially. The Great Famine claimed over a million lives due to hunger and disease and resulted in the exodus of another million all in the span of six years. It is uncertain whether or not the famine could have been avoided, but the severity of the famine could have definitely been reduced. There were certain policies and procedures implemented by the British that set the Irish economy up for inevitable failure.