----- 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 > >