> >  > I see no evidence of major Irish representation 
> >  > in the British navy.
> > That depends on who you count; tons of Scots-Irish booked out of Ireland 
> > for the United States in the early 18th century. 
> 
> In my whole existence I've only encountered one
> person who openly self-identified as Scotch-Irish.
> Most give themselves some other label.
> 
Swamp Yankee, this far north!  

> >  > might have been a tiny hyperbole anyhow.
> > The potatoes might taste better; they've been bred to nothingness.
> 
> They're not called G-D- apples for nothing.

I'm not even sure they're apples.
 
> > I eat it sometimes too, provided I get to bake it instead of cook it in
> > liquid.
> 
> Fat. Garlic. The penicillin and bandages of 
> the food world.

Especially the garlic.  
 
> >  > At the Flyfest people experienced my concession
> >  > that zucchini could be rendered edible by 
> >  > contact with sufficient hot fat.
> > That's true of almost anything.
> 
> That being sort of the point.

It's a bit of a waste of hot fat of course. 
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