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similar to how tomato conquered Italy, potato conquered Northern europe, dietary stapes which have a much more recent, counterintuitive history than we usually
by hunglee2 4y ago
similar to how tomato conquered Italy, potato conquered Northern europe, dietary stapes which have a much more recent, counterintuitive history than we usually believe!
- riffraff 4y agoMy favorite is maize, which was adopted in Europe as a staple food but without the means used by Americans to use it properly, so peasants in Europe got pellagra, which in the Americas was never an issue.