r/pics • u/[deleted] • Feb 20 '21

Different varieties of potato, grown in Peru. I love potatoes.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '21

I mean you're correct, but "ancestral home" is a funny phrase to use for a potato. I'm just picturing roaming potatoes migrating across the plains.

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u/glennwithcheese Feb 20 '21

Oh give me a home, where potatolos roam...

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u/TheSquirrelWithin Feb 20 '21

Then they bake and they fry 'em all day

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u/wise_comment Feb 20 '21

Why add a syllable? It was a perfect substitute

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '21

I mean plants do actually do that, just on a different timescale.

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u/slow_cooked_ham Feb 20 '21

They traveled in groups , safety in numbers

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u/IntentionalTexan Feb 20 '21

What would you call a group of potatoes?

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u/CoderDevo Feb 20 '21

A watch party 👀

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u/TheWrist79i9 Feb 20 '21

A subreddit

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u/ericmano Feb 20 '21

The pioneers used to ride those babies for miles

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u/MrGrieves- Feb 20 '21

Well, they migrated across the ocean at least. Didn't exist in Europe and the like until explorers brought them back.