The Gr8 Irish Potato Famine

This here is the story of the Food Justice House and their week of eating nothing but Potatoes.

The Lads. From Left to Right: Gabe, Ben, Dan, and the boy Noah

Chapter 1. Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a house of three young lads living along Stratford road in  Monaghan and these lads that were living along the Stratford road met a nicens little noodleboy named baby Gagoo...He was a strange boy Gagoo.   

That summer the Monaghan land had tested Gagoo and the lads. Famine and sickness were no strangers to the boys, but they had prevailed much to their strong mental fortitude.  This week would prove to be one of the toughest for them. Daniel was a hale old man with a well tanned skin, rugged features and white side whisker, but even the wily 51% Irishmen could only take so much of this.

Their diet was liberal on portions of potatoes, but an eclectic variety it was not. This would be their diet, listed (for your convenience) in order of abundance: 

1. Potatoes 

2. Cabbage

3. Buttermilk

4. Salt

5. Butter

6. Herring

7. Milk

At the end of the week the lads had decided they would feast, but until that day came they would not waver from their regiment. For Gagoo, hardened by many a Russian winter, this would present no challenge, but the rest were tenderfoots. It was only the idea of a character shaping experience that beckoned to them...