Lesson 05 How Potatoes Changed the World
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How Potatoes Changed the World
French fries, which are often served with fast foods, are one of the best known American side dishes.
It is said that Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, tasted these fried potatoes in France and brought the recipe home to America.
The real inventors of the so-called “French” fries were not the French but the Belgians.
Instead of French fries, the French have traditionally enjoyed roasted potatoes with chicken for their Sunday lunch.
Potato pancakes and potato soups are popular traditional dishes in Germany, while fish and chips is one of the most popular street foods in England.
The potato has become such an important part of Western food culture that it is hard to believe that it has had such a relatively short history in Europe.
The potato has been grown by South American Indians in the Andes Mountains for nearly 10,000 years, but it was only 500 years ago when the Europeans learned about this vegetable and brought it to their homelands.
At first, Europeans did not like this unfamiliar and alien food.
Most people thought potatoes looked too ugly for people to eat.
Some even believed that potatoes were created by devils.
For this reason, potatoes were most often given to animals, while people ate them only when there was nothing else to eat.
The potato gradually but steadily spread across Europe, as people learned how it could help them in times of war, bad weather, and desperate hunger.
The End of Hunger
Hunger was a common part of everyday life in 17th- and 18th-century Europe.
The average European not only often went hungry, but sometimes even starved to death.
Many countries suffered nationwide famines at least once every decade.
The potato changed all that.
Not only did potatoes grow well in much of Europe, but they were also very nutritious.
Once Europeans began to grow potatoes, their food supplies doubled in quantity and increased dramatically in quality.
Throughout Europe, potatoes quickly became the main source of nutrition for the majority of common people.
By the end of the 18th century, potatoes had taken over most European farms, and famine had become a rare and unusual incident.
At long last, Europe was able to feed itself.
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