potatoes
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She added that the portions given by the community kitchen - usually pasta or lentils with occasional potatoes and aubergines - were already too small to feed her family.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Her inquiries among farmers on her family’s estate at Edgeworthstown, Ireland, showed that potatoes were the most profitable crop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Those savings are not small potatoes: The skin substitutes cost taxpayers billions, and the figure has risen dramatically since before the pandemic.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
Sweet potatoes and carrots can take it, and the coconut milk mellows everything considerably.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
I followed him, trying to walk on my toes, trying to keep my petticoat above the ground, out of the ooze of the potatoes.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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