Or orange carrots before the Dutch.
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expatriado@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
definitely no corn, beans or peppers before Columbus
zerofk@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Pepper is from south Asia, and was available to the ancient Romans through Arab traders.
expatriado@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_pepper
may want to edit Wikipedia then
emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
That’s bell pepper.
(Black) Pepper = Piper nigrum, native to south Asia, used across large parts of the world since antiquity.
Bell pepper or chilli = Capsicum annuum, native to Central America, now also grown in Eurasia.
expatriado@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
i thought we were referring to the items on the picture, were black pepper isn’t displayed, but bell/chilli peppers are
prenatal_confusion@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
But if Columbus was right then the Americas and Asia is the same.
Railcar8095@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It was the penne that felt out of place for me
StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Rigatoni, tyvm
expatriado@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Railcar8095@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
100% my reaction
thisbenzingring@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago No banana either
m0darn@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Or pumpkins, but those ones look way too small to eat