The importance of potatoes in the UK and Ireland

You cannot spend a single day in the United Kingdom or Ireland without realizing the importance of this product in all meals. It is a basic ingredient in their dishes and a side- in most of them. That is why there are so many recipes and websites about this topic which include all kinds of information about it: crops, different kinds of potatoes, recipes, nutritional information, official websides by the Government to support this industry or potato crops and so on.

If you haven't spent some time with a British or Irish family, this will sound quite strange; but my experience has made me learnt that this is true: a typical Irish dinner including fish or meat, peas, carrots, SMASHED POTATOES and BAKED POTATOES altogether, not as options. I must thank Marlene Moran, my Irish landlady while I was staying in Dublin for my "Spanish teachers of English" in 1992, who always cooked typical Irish dishes for her guests from all nationalities.

You'll find lots of websites (I'll show you some in the future) including recipes of all kinds, but basically is potatoes, potatoes and more potatoes every day.

Ir a: http://www.potato.org.uk/ supporting the British Potato Industry

Ir a: http://www.britishpotatoes.co.uk/ (supporting the B.P.I. and lots of recipes and information for children

Ir a: http://www.potatoesforcaterers.co.uk/ (B.P.I. and nutritional information)

Ir a: http://www.potatoesforschools.org.uk/ (for schools and teachers, to grow, to cook, ...)

Ir a: http://www.lovechips.co.uk/ (more original, about the Potato Week in February 2009)

Ir a: http://www.foodsafety.gov/ (an official website about alerts, consumer advise and education, ...)