Potato I have.
This week, we\u2019re talkin\u2019 \u2018bout \u2018tatoes!\n\nKelly and Dermot unpack the deeper symbolism behind Leopold Bloom\u2019s idiosyncratic hobby of carrying a potato upon his person. Topics include Tayto crisps, Stephen and Bloom\u2019s parallel lost keys, Bloom\u2019s potato as a protective object, why the potato may actually possess magic powers, the potato as Odysseus\u2019 moly, the potato as a panacea, the potato as a remedy for rheumatism, spud guns, potatoes as a fertility symbol, the potato as a mezuzah, the blasphemy of the potato, potato snobbery, the age of margarine, the potato\u2019s role in Irish history, and amor matris.