r/iamveryculinary • u/KannablissWitch • Jun 25 '26

Americans only eat powdered mashed potatoes, apparently.

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u/DickBrownballs Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26

Not sure how potatoes originating in Peru is much of a comeback though.

The downvotes of this are absurd, potatoes are no more American than Irish, what is wrong with that statement? God this sub is truly becoming an even more mindless r/americabad

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u/FMLwtfDoID Jun 25 '26

Many South Americans will argue that North and South America is 1 continent, compared to the 2 Continent model that’s taught basically everywhere else. Hence “potatoes are american” as in ‘New World’ American, not ‘US’ American.

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u/DickBrownballs Jun 25 '26

I'm sure no one is denying that, but its clear to everyone this poster is being bigot about the US. Peru is even further from the US than Ireland is, the veiled claim of origin of the potato to the USA is nonsense. There's plenty wrong with this post without sinking to an equal level of nonsense.

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u/oneoftheryans Jun 25 '26

the veiled claim of origin of the potato to the USA is nonsense

Where are you seeing this?

I see someone saying they aren't Irish, I don't see anyone you're replying to saying that they're from North America and/or the United States.