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Not until people begin cooking and eating their crypto.

• woodruffw 4y ago
  My understanding of Dutch history (which isn't great) is that nobody ate tulip bulbs after the Tulip Mania ended. The famous instance of that occurring (to my knowledge) was during and immediately after WWII.
  • the_third_wave 4y ago
    To be more precise, some Dutch from above the rivers (i.e. to the north of the "Waal" and "Nederrijn" rivers which divided the liberated south from the still occupied northern half of the country), especially the western part ate boiled tulip bulbs during the "hongerwinter" [1] (hunger-winter) of 1944-1945 when the Germans blocked food imports to that region in retaliation for the Dutch efforts (e.g. the national railway strike) to assist the allies in the liberation efforts. The effects of the famine are still visible in the generation which grew up during that period and those which came after [2]. Source: I'm Dutch, my parents lived in this region and had their share of tulip bulbs. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_famine_of_1944%E2%80%931945 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_famine_of_1944%E2%80%931... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_famine_of_1944%E2%80%931945#Legacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_famine_of_1944%E2%80%931...
    • woodruffw 4y ago
      Thanks for elaborating!