I recall reading (on Wikipedia?) that the potato took the place of the parsnip in Europe. Edit: > All they did to the parsnip was fatten it up. It's still the

I recall reading (on Wikipedia?) that the potato took the place of the parsnip in Europe. Edit: > All they did to the parsnip was fatten it up. It's still the same earthy root fed to cows on the Isle of Guernsey, remarkably nutritious but long ago dethroned as Europe's major starchy root by the New World potato. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/01/AR2010060103404.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06...