Comments on: The Potato – Facts and trivia of the popular crop http://thegardenersrake.com/the-potato-facts-and-trivia-of-the-popular-crop Creative Organic Gardening for indoor and outdoor plants Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:46:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: admin http://thegardenersrake.com/the-potato-facts-and-trivia-of-the-popular-crop/comment-page-1#comment-803 admin Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:27:06 +0000 http://thegardenersrake.com/the-potato-facts-and-trivia-of-the-popular-crop#comment-803 The potato being from the nightshade family was accepted slower than many vegetables. Some say it has evil properties. The tomato is also a nighshade family plant and some consider it to be poisonous. Vegetable trivia is an interesting topic, Denise PS your English is fine. It is much better than my French! The potato being from the nightshade family was accepted slower than many vegetables. Some say it has evil properties. The tomato is also a nighshade family plant and some consider it to be poisonous.

Vegetable trivia is an interesting topic, Denise

PS your English is fine. It is much better than my French!

]]> By: jean-Pierre Courel http://thegardenersrake.com/the-potato-facts-and-trivia-of-the-popular-crop/comment-page-1#comment-800 jean-Pierre Courel Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:06:55 +0000 http://thegardenersrake.com/the-potato-facts-and-trivia-of-the-popular-crop#comment-800 Hi Denise, Nice article. One thing I remember from school, our teacher explain us, that when the potatoes came to France, the people, who did not eat much vegetables they called ' roots' was plus for the animals and to make them to eat potatoes, the king made a big plantation of them with soldiers all around telling them to look on the other side when people came at night to steal the potatoes. In a way they were starving, but if they steal the king, that was a good action! And finally they eat at there hungriness. Excuse my explanation in English is awful :o(( I hope you understand what I mean. Regards, Jean-Pierre Hi Denise,
Nice article.
One thing I remember from school, our teacher explain us, that when the potatoes came to France, the people, who did not eat much vegetables they called ‘ roots’ was plus for the animals and to make them to eat potatoes, the king made a big plantation of them with soldiers all around telling them to look on the other side when people came at night to steal the potatoes. In a way they were starving, but if they steal the king, that was a good action! And finally they eat at there hungriness.

Excuse my explanation in English is awful :o ((
I hope you understand what I mean.
Regards,
Jean-Pierre

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