makes me think of something most Americans are unaware of...Potatoes being an American product brought to Europe after Columbus had been here (great for Europe by the way , saved MANY people from Starving in the 1800`s)....Potatoes arrived , became a slow process to become popular, first thought to be poisonous, because many people ate the "fruit" instead of the root balls...the green "tomatoe like" fruits on a potatoe is poisonous...took maybe 200 yrs before potatoes became a staple...Swedes are so into potatoes..its used for many things ,eaten with almost every meal, even sometimes side by side with rice! and used for making Akvavit
