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As a lot of the comments on the Atlantic article point out, a ton of new-world foods are so embedded in the American diet now that we don't even think about the
by bpodgursky 10y ago
As a lot of the comments on the Atlantic article point out, a ton of new-world foods are so embedded in the American diet now that we don't even think about them
- Potatoes
- Salmon
- Tomatoes
- Chocolate
- Corn / hominy
- Bison (less common, but it's not something I'd think of as "native american food"
If I got served grilled salmon with potatoes and cornbread at a "normal American" restaurant, it's not something you'd think of as Native American food, but it would be totally new-world sourced. Obviously there are losses in recipes / preparation / traditions, but it's not unrecognizable.
- maga 10y agoFun fact: corn and cornbread is so embedded in the cuisine of the North Caucasians[1] that it's perceived by locals as historically theirs as opposed to wheat and white bread that is thought of as "Russian". Older, less-educated locals don't even believe when you tell them it had been imported from America just few hundred years ago. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Caucasus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Caucasus
- Turing_Machine 10y agoI've known people from India to react in disbelief to the idea that chili peppers historically didn't exist in India (or anywhere in Asia).
- taejo 10y agoSame in Ethiopia.
- geon 10y agoNothing feels more traditionally Swedish than Strawberries with sugar and milk on a hot summer day. But strawberries didn't even exist until the 1750s. Though, I suppose they are awesome enough that they became tradition pretty quickly.
- uzoodoo 10y agoI'm pretty sure wild strawberries existed in Europe before, they were just smaller but just as good https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Midsommarb%C3%A4r.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Midsommarb%C3%A4r.jp...
- mythrwy 10y agoDon't forget squash and tomato. (And after dinner a a cigerrete of course).
- BerislavLopac 10y agoAnd chocolate.