Amadeus Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>And this problem extends to very many food items consumed bulk today,
>which are original american:
>- potatoes
>- tomatoes
>- paprica
>- maize

Here's my list, which includes most of the above, and others: corn/maize,
potatoes, tomatoes, squashes, green and chile peppers, sweet potatoes,
pumpkins, tobacco, cranberries, okra, quinoa, cocoa, and pineapple.

>- many berries
>- many kinds of beans
>.............are alien??..............

Do you know which ones?

>Different from wild grains, which were consumed
>ever since gatherer/hunter times.

Actually grains only started to be gathered in the Near East 17,000 years
ago (and then grown 10,000). A lot of effort is required to grind them, as
they are inedible without doing this. This expenditure of effort will only
be done if other food sources require more effort.

Don.