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Potatoes and tomatoes… New World crops. How did they become Old World staples?
Posted on 6/18/21 at 12:18 am
Posted on 6/18/21 at 12:18 am
There’s so much cuisine from Europe and Asia that use a lot of both. Corn too. And I can already tell, there will be people who think potatoes and tomatoes aren’t used in Asian cuisine… when there’s a lot. How much European and Asian cuisine is new? We think of them as ancient practices, but in reality, they’re quite new.
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Posted on 6/18/21 at 1:05 am to OldHickory
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Trying to decipher the premise of your OP is like eating cancer with a perforated ladle.
If you are trying to understand the contributions of nightshades to the new world and their importance to old world cuisines, you completely failed when you left out peppers & eggplants.
EDIT: Please excuse this momentary lapse in acceptable conduct and idiotic statement.
Sorry if I offended anyone.
This post was edited on 6/18/21 at 8:44 am
Posted on 6/18/21 at 5:22 am to OldHickory
Potatoes originated in Peru. I forget how they got to Europe and beyond.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 6:20 am to OldHickory
Pretty sure they are popular with the poor because they fill you up
Posted on 6/18/21 at 7:30 am to OldHickory
Potatoes became popular in Europe for 2 reasons:
1. They could grow in thin rocky soils of Northern Europe where traditional cereals wouldn’t grow
2. Cavalry could trample over the fields in a heated battle and not significantly damage the crop, making it perfect for war-torn Germany and Eastern Europe.
These two properties made potatoes a staple in northern and Central Europe.
Tomatoes took a lot longer to catch on due to a widespread belief that they were poisonous.
1. They could grow in thin rocky soils of Northern Europe where traditional cereals wouldn’t grow
2. Cavalry could trample over the fields in a heated battle and not significantly damage the crop, making it perfect for war-torn Germany and Eastern Europe.
These two properties made potatoes a staple in northern and Central Europe.
Tomatoes took a lot longer to catch on due to a widespread belief that they were poisonous.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 8:15 am to OldHickory
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Potatoes and tomatoes… New World crops. How did they become Old World staples?
Pretty interesting read on this vary topic
Posted on 6/18/21 at 8:55 am to Dire Wolf
Onion and tomatoes are a must for Indian cuisine.
Potato and chick peas are the most commonly used for breakfast/snack and street food.
Onions are the core to every gravy and base for Indian curries
Potato and chick peas are the most commonly used for breakfast/snack and street food.
Onions are the core to every gravy and base for Indian curries
This post was edited on 6/18/21 at 8:56 am
Posted on 6/18/21 at 9:26 am to glorymanutdtiger
Onions were actually cultivated on both sides of the Atlantic before Colonization. The European settlers brought onions with them only to find there were already onions here being eaten by Native Americans.
It’s known that the Chinese were cultivating onions as far back as 5000 BC.
It’s known that the Chinese were cultivating onions as far back as 5000 BC.
Posted on 6/18/21 at 10:26 am to kingbob
Some scientists speculate the onion as evidence of trans-pacific cultural exchange between China and the Americas in the distant past.
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