Re:Americans are poorly served by their grocery stores
by bbarnett on Saturday June 04, 2022 @06:29AM
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Corn is a new world thing, although I admit that early Chinese immigrants could have discovered it as a replacement for some Chinese starchy thing...
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Re:Americans are poorly served by their grocery stores
by bobthepanda on Saturday June 04, 2022 @11:17AM
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Corn shows up in China during the 1500s via the Phillipines. https://amp.goldthread2.com/food/how-corn-ended-china-americ...
The traditional starch is water chestnut, and you can still buy it, but corn is a lot easier to turn into a starch.
In general, a lot of things went via the Pacific as well during the Columbian Exchange. East, Southeast, and South Asian looks very different without chilis, tomatoes, or sweet potatoes to name a few.