Avocados probably have nothing to do with ancient ground sloths and everything to do with ancient Meso Americans.
Thank you Meso Americans.
While we're on the subject, it really is astounding the number of global foods that originated with the domestication practices of indigenous peoples of the Americas.
Food historian Lois Ellen Frank,
If we deconstruct that these foods were inherently native, then that means that the Italians didn't have the tomato, the Irish didn't have the potato, half the British National Dish—Fish and Chips—didn't exist. The Russians didn't have the potato, nor did they have vodka from the potato. There were no chiles in any Asian cuisine anywhere in the world, nor were there any chiles in any East Indian cuisine dishes, including curries. And the French had no confection using either vanilla or chocolate. So the Old World was a completely different place.
Try not to forget how much we all owe to the pre-colonial agriculturalists of the Americas.
#foodhistory #colonialism #science
https://youtu.be/jpcBgYYFS8o?si=JZXLcjR9qfQ9JMhv
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_World_crops
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