Over 700 in France potato could not be cultivated because it deemed toxic and accused of transmitting leprosy.
Relatively easy to grow than rice and wheat has been lucky enough nourishment base of many peoples who inhabited land disadvantaged such as mountainous areas.
In history, the potato has saved entire populations from starvation, as the Germans in 1645 and the Irish even though they have had many problems for their kitchen based solely on a product, in 1800, a disease struck the potato 'Whole island destroying crops and causing the death of a million people for lack of food. For this reason, many Irish were forced to emigrate to the United States.
Potatoes come from South America and was introduced in Europe between the sixteenth and seventeenth century.
The potatoes were also considered an aphrodisiac, seen that the Irish consume a lot and had large families.
the potato arrived in Italy only in 1800 but soon became the stars of many recipes of Italian cuisine .
As we have seen the potatoes have many advantages but one disadvantage is the solanine, which develops poisonous substance, especially when the potatoes are lit and sprout. The solanine, however, is mainly present in the skin which then must be carefully removed.
reproduce below some of the main quality of potatoes and their associated characteristics:
Bintje: of Dutch origin which has a straw-colored paste is very suitable for french fries
Desirée : whose flesh has a red for long cooking in the oven or baked
Kennebec : white flesh, more flour, used to prepare the dumplings
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