It involved no potatos of any kind

The ultimate goal of Manifest Destiny was the conquest of China

it was a our destiny, but someone threw a wrench in the system

Hyperborean Destiny

We must come full circle

Some Victorian-era ancestor of mine was from the town that was worst hit in the Potato Famine- tried to survive the famine by going to live with family in England but died of appendicitis on the way there

The past sounds a bit depressing

No potatos is a proven technique

Potatoes were the only acceptable migrants to Europe

Potatoes are a new world plant

wtf did the Irish eat before

rocks

fish I guess

Fish and dairy

Snakes

weren't as many mouths to feed

Tomatoes are also a new world plant. Hard to imagine Italian food without tomatoes

Snake famine of 700 ad was grim

Another anglo plot

Potatoes have carbs and should therefore be banned

wikipedia rabbit hole time on the origin of various vegetables...

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Potatoes are a fungus, not a fruit

... what

dont worry about it, just dont eat carbs

Potatoes are actually closely related to Tomatoes

As are peppers

as are eggplants

as is tobacco

Not eating carbs is another anglo plot to seperate irish from their potatoes.

all of them are in the same family as nightshade

I wonder if that's why people used to think tomatoes were poisonous

@ophiuchus that's exactly why

If I remember correctly

Maybe the original ones were

Modern vegetables have been bred so much theyre vastly different from their natural forms

it was probably more along the lines of,
"you ever try this plant?"-so and so
"no"-John Doe
"should i risk trying it?"-so and so
"probably not worth it"-John Doe

I wonder how people figured out which plants were poisonous

trial and error

probably "hey generic convict, eat this mushroom"

"oh wow he didn't die"