Around dinner time a few nights ago I started thinking about potato tacos. We had our posts last week on the Origin of the Potato and chorizo con papas so I think that’s what got me going. I’ve painstakingly, and very scientifically (ah, who am I kidding?), informally polled friends and family for the best potato taco in the Greater Los Angeles area. I found, that while few...
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The Origin of the Potato: The People’s Food
You’re thinking Idaho, right? Or Ireland? Neither one! Like the tomato, the potato, too, is originally from the Andean region of South America, where more than 5,000 varieties are cultivated! A Peruvian farmer’s market may sell up to 30 varieties of spuds ranging in color and shape from purple, orange, spotted, banana-like, and a few that, literally, look like hand grenades. The Latin American term,...
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