Related: when Peter The Great introduced potatoes to Russia (from Holland IIRC), he forgot to tell the peasants what parts were edible, and the peasants ate the

Related: when Peter The Great introduced potatoes to Russia (from Holland IIRC), he forgot to tell the peasants what parts were edible, and the peasants ate the poisonous above-ground bits. Looking at the comments, seems like he wasn't the only one to do this. :-)