SC - Potatoes

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In a message dated 12/3/98 5:37:57 PM, mermayde at juno.com writes:

<<A potato bar was suggested, but as it is strictly new-world,>>

While potatoes are new world, they are still period. The materials I've read
claim they were thought to be an aphrodisiac (which probably greatly
attributed to their rapid acceptance and cultivation). Sir Walter Raleigh grew
potatoes in his colony in Virginia.

Your humble servant,
Rosalyn MacGregor
(Pattie Rayl)
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