12-13-2017, 09:20 PM
(12-13-2017, 08:22 PM)Cream of Caulk Wrote:(12-13-2017, 07:56 PM)Russian Bot Wrote: Potatoes were only introduced into the European diet in the late 16th century. Funny how readily we took to them.
That's probably because lot's of European immigrants are in South America and they knew this would be good to share with their native people.
I mean it's not just immigrants to the New World. It became a staple for the Irish in Ireland shortly after it was introduced there. Unfortunately, they settled on a single breed that didn't grow well in wet climates, which caused a famine during the Little Ice Age.
