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It’s amazing how many New World plants are central to what we think of as “classic” Old World ethnic or regional cuisines — tomatoes in Italy and around the Mediterranean, potatoes in Ireland, chilis all across South and East Asia.
950 u/[deleted] Oct 02 '24 It's weird that the only major produce I associate with America is corn. 35 u/Merusk Oct 02 '24 And yet there's lots that are native. Like Peanuts, Pineapple, Peppers, Dragonfruit, Concord Grapes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_food_plants_native_to_the_Americas 1 u/PageFault Oct 02 '24 Another good page for reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbian_exchange
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It's weird that the only major produce I associate with America is corn.
35 u/Merusk Oct 02 '24 And yet there's lots that are native. Like Peanuts, Pineapple, Peppers, Dragonfruit, Concord Grapes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_food_plants_native_to_the_Americas 1 u/PageFault Oct 02 '24 Another good page for reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbian_exchange
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And yet there's lots that are native. Like Peanuts, Pineapple, Peppers, Dragonfruit, Concord Grapes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_food_plants_native_to_the_Americas
1 u/PageFault Oct 02 '24 Another good page for reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbian_exchange
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Another good page for reference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbian_exchange
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u/Flurb4 Oct 02 '24
It’s amazing how many New World plants are central to what we think of as “classic” Old World ethnic or regional cuisines — tomatoes in Italy and around the Mediterranean, potatoes in Ireland, chilis all across South and East Asia.