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To: SunkenCiv

Europeans once teased Americans who ate corn for eating livestock feed.


12 posted on 01/11/2015 6:54:16 PM PST by blam (Jeff Sessions For President)
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To: blam

That was the French... Italians took to corn fairly quickly and call sofkee A/K/A corn mush, ‘polenta.’


14 posted on 01/11/2015 6:57:13 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: blam

Similarly, the lovely potato was considered fit only for animals and peasants.


23 posted on 01/12/2015 1:08:30 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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