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/ck/ — Why didn't cassava ever take off in the west? When the spani
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Anonymous06/15/26(Mon)13:54:38
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Why didn't cassava ever take off in the west?
When the spanish started settling the indies, they found that all the locals were eating a tuber called cassava. They pulled the root out of the ground and made bread from it. The spanish loved it so much they took it on every voyage they went to find new lands.
Cassava was the second most important staple crop in north america after maize. But today no one has heard of it.
Why did it die off?
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Anonymous06/15/26(Mon)13:56:56
>>22066135 (OP)
Mexican food eclipsed it as the brown cuisine of choice.
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Anonymous06/15/26(Mon)14:10:35
>>22066137
In Lardgolemstan. The rest of the world doesn't generally know what a Mexican even is never mind what your cuisine in, Paco.
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Anonymous06/15/26(Mon)14:14:27
oh boy reddit screencap thread
>why did it die off
because you know what else was found in the new world? potatoes. idiot.
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Anonymous06/15/26(Mon)14:14:44
>>22066147
That's nice but for every one free-thinking world citizen that knows what a Haitian is, 10 know what a Mexican is because that cuisine very popular in America and America has outsized cultural influence on the west. You will deny this vehemently but we both know it would be a lie.
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