Throughout history, the potato (the notorious Solanum tuberosum) has had its ups and downs.
In its native Peru, the potato has been a valuable food staple for nearly 8,000 years, and some 4,000 different varieties can still be found there. The Quechua vocabulary included over a thousand . . . READ MORE on my blog.
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