potato
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The PotatoHow the Humble
Spud Rescued theWestern World
The PotatoHow the Humble
Spud Rescued theWestern World
Larry Zuckerman
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Zuckerman’s Thesis
“It [the potato] resolved or made more manageable so many problems of time, space, labor, land fuel, and income that, without it, daily existence would have been unrecognizable.”
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Origin of the Potato
Spanish 1570
Chilean coast, central Andean highlands
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Benefitshigh yield, little work
hardy
weak soil
weather that would ruin other grains.
very healthy
fodder
few utensils needed
easily cooked
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Reception
many preferred sweet potato over this
“Only the wretched eat this root.”
no seeds
sent by the devil
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Ireland (1650-1845)1640s
oats and butter
quickly took to the potato
still a social marker
easily accessible
climate
lack of tools
potato in gridlock with land & poverty
encouraged marriage
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Ireland (1845-49)
potato famine
blight
much dependence on the staple
hostility and selfishness
moral plague
lack of government help
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France (1650-1914)although more vegetables, a bigger fear
of a “deadly nightshade”
lower classes
upper classes embarrassed
land and identity linked
no lazy associations
“A Passion for Thrift”
“thrift, simplicity, and self denial”
French fries 1870
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Americaaccepted immediately
highly sought after / everywhere
variety of meals
first cookbook
kitchens / extensive meal process
eating was “serious business”
potato chips 1850
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England (1650-1900)
staples: bread and meat
mixed breads avoided
meal stretchers
associated with the Irish
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Food for the Poor
associated with laziness
food snobbery
street eating
disguised
“He Would Rather Be Hanged”
supported laborers
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Acceptance
urban working class
fish and chips - the new potato
welcomed by housewives
World War I
from contempt to under the radar
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ConclusionThe adoption of potato came about as time and space began to shrink. Although outwardly ugly and unappealing, despite holding no connections to history, and being a quick meal, the potato fit into the rapidly expanding and fast-paced world we know today.
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