Comment by Willem_Dafuq on 28/11/2024 at 22:29 UTC

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View submission: A Brief History of Mashed Potatoes

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Tomatoes too fwiw. Though potatoes are synonymous with Irish cooking and tomatoes, Italian, both are indigenous to South America.

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Comment by [deleted] at 29/11/2024 at 00:44 UTC

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Sweet potatoes too, which are a staple across the South Pacific… thanks to Pre-Columbian Polynesians, who criss-crossed the planet’s largest ocean in open sailing canoes like Stone Age astronauts.