[Bernard Marx]

One has to show pride in their home-grown favorites. There's a huge difference in Burbank Russets grown outside the specific area I mentioned. They may look the same but lack the special micronutrients found in the Snake River Valley's volcanic soil. They end up having too much water content and blah flavor. Unfortunately most of Idaho's best harvest is sold directly to major restaurant chains, making prime Russets hard to find in supermarkets these days...even in Idaho!

Yes, I'm familiar with the vast number of potato varieties. Potatoes even have a link to Polynesian migrations as you probably know. The proliferation of sweet potatoes in Oceania, which are native to South America, provide proof Polynesians visited South America.

[SunkenCiv]

And coconuts — they can’t just float to a new island and germinate, the salt water soak kills ‘em daid. They had to have been brought by boat.