SC - Sweet potatoes

[Diana L Skaggs]

In a message dated 4/7/2001 9:11:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
nannar at isholf.is writes:

> There is also an African groundnut, Vigna subterranea or bambara - I think
>  it is known as goober pea in America.

I'm not disputing this, but we always referred to peanuts as "goobers". Well, 
unless we're talking about somebody that isn't that bright.. <G> Giving rise 
to such witticisms as  "When hold a Mayoral election, we elect a Mayor, but 
when we hold a Gubernatorial election, we elect a Goober...."

Maybe you have to be down here to get it....

Maybe when they brought over the slaves they (the slaves) assumed the peanut 
was a local version of this groundnut, and used the same word. It's also 
possible that the "African" groundnut is a variant of the peanut from Peru. 
It's all speculation from my end at this point.

Corwyn

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