2024-11-28 ┃ edited ┃ RE: limneticvillains
@limneticvillains I don't want to be pedantic but potatoes and sweet potatoes are from South America.
We have some pretty interesting tubers native to my area of North America, like Apios americana and Jerusalem artichoke (neither an artichoke nor from Jerusalem).
Neither one is a staple of American Thanksgiving menus, though.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apios_am…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusale…
https://cosocial.ca/@evan/113563222528030570
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apios_americana?wprov=sfla1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_artichoke?wprov=sfla1
2024-11-28 limneticvillains ┃ 1💬
@evan Didn't they spread fairly quickly? Weren't they on the menu by the time the colonies were spreading through North America?
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