“…Much has been written about the potato in Ireland and its effect on increasing population, decreasing diversity and impoverishing Irish cuisine to a rudimentary art (Bourke, 1993;Mac Con Iomaire and Gallagher, 2009). Indeed, a growing body of literature has appeared in recent years on the use of certain commodities in Irish cuisine and culture, including seafood (Mac Con Iomaire, 2006;Wilkens, 2004); the pig (Mac Con Iomaire, 2003;Mac Con Iomaire, 2010); milk and butter (Sexton, 2003;Lysaght, 1994); eggs (Mac Con Iomaire and Cully, 2007;Lysaght, 2003) and other meats (Sexton, 1995;Mac Con Iomaire and Gallagher, 2011).…”