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There are many types of root vegetable we might call "potato", from tiny wild potatoes found in the Great Plains of North America to sweet potatoes and the larger tuberous root crop originating in Peru. All of these different types are of American origin and were unknown throughout Europe until relatively recent times.
One story says that when potatoes were first brought to Europe in the second half of the 16th century people did not know how to cook them so they gave them (raw) to their animals.
Some native American names for the various types are:
Taino.................batata (sweet potato)
Quechua...........papa (potato)
Lakota...............bluskuya (sweet potato)
Lakota...............blo (wild potato)
Arapaho............cee'éé' (wild turnip or potato)
Cheyenne.........ho'enoo'o (sweet potato)
Cheyenne.........mesehestotse (wild potato)
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Zander Villarreal
- South America. The earliest archaeologically verified potato tuber remains have been found at the coastal site of Ancón (central Peru ), dating to 2500 BC.
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Did Romans have crisps?
No, not as we know them today. Potatoes were known in the world by other civilizations, but not by the Romans. In the 16th century they came to Europe.
Where do bangers and mash originate?
Ireland. Bangers are sausage and mash are mashed potatoes.
Do mashed potatoes and gravy originate from the US?
Mashed potatoes and gravy are an integral and symbolic dish of southern United States cuisine. It is most likely that it originated in this region. The fact that it originated in the US is currently not disputed.
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Where do jacket potatoes originate from?
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