Actually, you can use your genetic inheritance to account for your liking chocolate--recently was scientifically established that dark, bittersweet chocolate is "heart healthy." And since 1500s, European colonists in north west South America have been trying to stamp out the coca plant. LJardine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Foubister" <lfoubister@shaw.ca> To: <ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 6:24 PM Subject: [<orcadia>] More on Potatoes in Stovies > Hi, > > While potatoes certainly changed history, they were only introduced to > Europe from South America in the 1500s. And they took a few centuries to > really catch on. So my early Orkney ancestors did not have the delights of > stovies as a long tradition. I certainly do not remember my Orcadian > grandparents dishing them out to us kids. > > As for chocolate, it, too, came from the Americas. So I can't use a > genetic disposition to explain my overindulgence in it. > > Linda > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the word > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com > >