Bloody Sunday, also known as the Bogside Massacre, was a massacre of Irish anti-internment protesters by the British government that took place on this day in 1972 in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland.
Bloody Sunday resulted in the highest number of people killed in a shooting incident during the Troubles and remains the worst mass shooting in Northern Irish history. This violence was in response to a protest organized by the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) in opposition to a state policy of internment without trial, introduced in August of 1971.
On January 18th, 1972, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland Brian Faulkner banned all parades and marches in response to widespread civil unrest. The protest march was organized despite this order.
On the day of the protest, approximately 10,000-15,000 joined the march, however their path was blocked by British Army barriers. The protest descended into chaos, with British soldiers chasing down protesters and attacking them indiscriminately. 26 people were shot, 14 were killed. Many of the victims were shot while fleeing from the soldiers or attending to the wounded, while others were injured by shrapnel, rubber bullets, batons, or being ran down by army vehicles.
The soldiers were from the 1st Battalion Parachute Army, which had perpetrated the Ballymurphy Massacre just months prior. The events of Bloody Sunday greatly increased hostilities between Northern Ireland and the British government. Support for and recruitment by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) rose following the massacre.
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How much potato are we talking? I'm not really sure how much say or freedom you have in your kitchen but leftover mash can make for a solid gnocchi, the prep for gnocchi sucks a bit but the results are good, especially if you're starting with some already done up taters. You could make em into fries by clumping em, cutting em into fry shape and battering them once frozen. If they have roasted garlic potato you got garlic fries. I'm partially paid to make specials out of stuff we would otherwise need to toss.
It really varies since it depends on how many people we think are coming but last time I made 80Ib of it and had maybe 3 hotel pans (~10Ib each) leftover at the end of the night.
Sometimes I feel like I can do literally whatever I want as long as I'm not wasting food or wasting time and needing extra help to get shit out. Which is the main problem, anything really time intensive would really require the stars to align for me to be able to get done. As it is I'm generally lucky if I can get the meat for an entree marinated/some vegetables cut the day before, especially since I'm still working alone one day a week
Gnocchi is for sure out then. Fancy fries works, but if it isn't part of your job, then don't go that extra mile unless you're having fun.