... silk worm ... and in reverse from the Americas: the obvious potato, tobacco, chili, but also pineapple, rubber, ... and even agave for Vietnamese tequila (

... silk worm ... and in reverse from the Americas: the obvious potato, tobacco, chili, but also pineapple, rubber, ... and even agave for Vietnamese tequila (El Toro). The history of rubber has a lot of cloak-and-dagger intrigue to compare with that for silk or tea. Yes, 500 years ago there was no chili in Thailand or Szechuan. Maybe Mango Mafia has potential as a fanciful tropical smuggling novel.