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Historians speculate that leftover tubers (and maize) were carried ashore and planted: "We think that the potato arrived some years before the end of the 16th century, by two different ports of entry: the first, logically, in Spain around 1570, and the second via the British Isles between 1588 and 1593 ... we find traces of the transport of ...
Antoine-Augustin Parmentier (UK: / p ɑːr ˈ m ɛ n t i eɪ,-ˈ m ɒ n t-/, US: / ˌ p ɑːr m ə n ˈ t j eɪ /, [1] French: [ɑ̃twan oɡystɛ̃ paʁmɑ̃tje]; 12 August 1737 – 13 December 1813) was a French pharmacist and agronomist, best remembered as a vocal promoter of the potato as a food source for humans in France and throughout Europe.
Mashed potato or mashed potatoes (American, Canadian and Australian English), colloquially known as mash (British English), [2] is a dish made by mashing boiled or steamed potatoes, usually with added milk, butter, salt and pepper.
However, it was not until 1974 that Smash became popular in the convenience food market after Cadbury launched an advertising campaign by agency Boase Massimi Pollitt featuring the Smash Martians, who would watch humans preparing mashed potato the traditional way on television instead of using potato granules, and laugh at them.
As a result, he spent 13 months in prison. [8] During his time in confinement, John spent his time contemplating various ideas for inventions. [9] It was within the confines of his cell that he first conceived the idea of creating a potato slicer. [10]
Wild potato species occur from the southern United States to southern Chile. [13] The potato was first domesticated in southern Peru and northwestern Bolivia [14] by pre-Columbian farmers, around Lake Titicaca. [15] Potatoes were domesticated there about 7,000–10,000 years ago from a species in the S. brevicaule complex. [14] [15] [16]
After his death, a local legend developed which credited Speck with the invention of potato chips. [7] [8] [9] However, according to Snopes, he "never made the claim that he had invented the potato chip, let alone claimed the tale as his own – those assertions emerged only many years after his death". [10]
Junius George Groves, the son of Martin and Mary Anderson Groves, was born in slavery on April 12, 1859, in Green County, Kentucky. [1] Junius was the third of seven children, three brothers (Peter, James and Robert) and three sisters (Catharine, Amanda and Virginia).