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by analog31 147 days ago
Or Europeans before potatoes.
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Or peppers. Hungary without paprika!
Not to mention India without the spicy peppers...
I heard turnips used to be all the rage.
Although it should be noted that modern turnip varieties are significantly more flavorful and sweet than pre-Columbian exchange era turnips. The old varieties were usually very bland so it didn’t take much for another tuber to displace it.