----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- Michael: On Irish potato consumption: I have this down as 12 lbs per day per person quoted by Joel Mokyr in Why Ireland Starved (1983), p. 7. I do not have this book to hand so cannot check the original source. I do not believe it, Pat Hudson ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]