>> >Did you say Africa? A previous post listed peanuts as
>a new world food. I assume these Africans must be
>importing the peanuts? Or are now growing the peanuts
>as a replacement for some other food?

Lot of counties in Africa are big producers of peanuts, certainly since
colonial times, and  it became a stapple for african. I have been surprised
to learn that it was a new world food because peanuts and Africa goes
together in my mind.
jean-claude