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fandomhigh2025-02-07 09:47 am
carbsliftthespirit) wrote in fandomhigh2025-02-07 09:47 am
Potatoes!, Friday, Second Period
The class had been asked to meet Raiden at Portalocity for this week's class. "Okay, guys," Raiden told them, "Today, we're going to visit where potatoes got their start: Peru. Potatoes have been farmed in Peru since the fifth millennium BCE, and have been cultivated in step terraces, or andens, designed to get maximum growing space on the steep slopes of the Andes, since the third millennium BCE. Some of the terraces in Peru that are still in use today were built over five hundred years ago, which is pretty impressive for human landscape architecture.
"The Inca civilization of Peru also developed incredible diversity in their potatoes, far more than we see in grocery stores today, even if you do sometimes get something fun like a purple potato, because they grew potatoes from seed, not from the eyes like most modern American farmers do. This resulted in all sorts of different flavors and textures that could be used in all sorts of different ways. When you don't have a lot of variety of ingredients to work with, increase the variety of what you have, right? And the potato's so versatile to start with! Those Inca were really smart," Raiden mused.
"Today, we're headed to the ruins of Machu Picchu. The citadel itself is worth a look, but be sure to pay attention to the terraces and think about what they'd be like full of potatoes. Let's go!"
"The Inca civilization of Peru also developed incredible diversity in their potatoes, far more than we see in grocery stores today, even if you do sometimes get something fun like a purple potato, because they grew potatoes from seed, not from the eyes like most modern American farmers do. This resulted in all sorts of different flavors and textures that could be used in all sorts of different ways. When you don't have a lot of variety of ingredients to work with, increase the variety of what you have, right? And the potato's so versatile to start with! Those Inca were really smart," Raiden mused.
"Today, we're headed to the ruins of Machu Picchu. The citadel itself is worth a look, but be sure to pay attention to the terraces and think about what they'd be like full of potatoes. Let's go!"
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He'd have an appetite for cupcakes later! Especially since there were no potatoes for eating. Alas.
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And then it struck him, when they got to the terraces and he was thinking about them filled with potatoes.
"Zounds!" he remarked, eyes wide and brightening with the realization. "This must be where the scalloped potatoes come from!"
Please, be kind. He's not from around here!
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