The Irish used to consume a lot of potatoes I believe.
And my son who lived for a couple of years near Dublin tells me that potatoes are still a big part of the diet there and get cooked in a myriad of different ways.
"It is approximated that Ireland's potato consumption before the Famine was 280 pounds per week for a household of six, or, roughly seven pounds of potatoes per person per day. However, this average figure masks the fact that a working adult male could consume ten to fourteen pounds per day"
Must have been a lot of T2 diabetics there in those days maybe.
http://wiki.dickinson.edu/index.php/Demographics_During_the_Famine
@Tophat1900 So may be not complete BS!