Potatoes READING Can you imagine li

Potatoes READING Can you imagine life without French fries? Potatoes are very popular today They are the fourth most important crop in the world, after wheat, rice, and corn. But in the past, potatoes were not always popular. People in Europe started to eat them only 200 years ago! In the 1500s, the Spanish went to South America to look for gold There, they found people eating potatoes. The people of Peru in South America had been eating potatoes f 7,000 years! The Spanish brought the potato back to Europe with them. But people in Europe did not like vegetable. Some people thought that if you ate potatoes this strange your skin would look like the skin of a potato. Other people could not believe that you ate the underground part of the plant, so they ate the leaves instead. This made them sick because there is poison in the leaves, others grew potatoes for their flowers. At one time in France potato flowers were one of the most expensive flowers. Marie Antoinette, the wife of King Louis XVI, wore potato flowers in her hair. Around 1780, the people of Ireland started to eat potatoes. They advantages. The potato grew on poor found that potatoes had many land, and it grew well in their cold and rainy climate. It gave more food than any other plant, and it needed little work. All they had to do was to plant the potatoes, and then they could do other work on the farm On a small piece of land, a farmer could grow enough potatoes to feed his family. A person could eat 8 to 10 pounds of potatoes a day, with some milk or cheese, and be very healthy Soon, potatoes became the main food in Ireland. Then, in 1845, a disease killed all the potatoes in Ireland. Two million people died of hunger. Many Irish who did not die came to the United States at this time. Over a million rish came to of John F. Kennedy. America; one of them was the great-grandfather In other parts of Europe, people did not want to change their old food habits. Some preferred to die of hunger rather than eat potatoes In 1774, King Frederick of Germany wanted to stop his people from dying of hunger. He understood that potatoes were a good food, so he told the people to plant and eat potatoes or else his men would cut ir noses. The people were not happy, but they had no choice and so

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Mbatata MUNGAWERENGE Tangoganizani moyo wopanda batala French? Mbatata ndi otchuka kwambiri masiku ano Iwo wachinayi mbewu zofunika kwambiri mu dziko, pambuyo tirigu, mpunga, chimanga. Koma m'mbuyomu, mbatata sanali kuchita otchuka. Anthu ku Ulaya anayamba kudya zaka 200 zapitazo! Mu 1500s, ndi Spanish anapita ku America South kupeza golide Kumeneko anapeza anthu kudya mbatata. Anthu a Peru ku America South anali kudya mbatata f zaka 7,000! The Spanish anabweretsa mbatata ku Europe ndi iwo. Koma anthu Europe sanali masamba. Anthu ena anaganiza kuti ngati kudya mbatata lachirendo khungu amaonekera khungu la mbatata. anthu ena sanakhulupirire kuti inu anadya gawo mobisa wa mbewu, kotero kudya masamba m'malo. Izi zinawapangitsa iwo kudwala chifukwa pali ululu mu masamba, ena anakulira mbatata kwa maluwa. Pa nthawi ina ku France maluwa mbatata anali mmodzi wa maluwa kwambiri mtengo. Marie Antoinette, mkazi wa Mfumu Louis XVI, anavala maluwa mbatata mu tsitsi lake. Kuzungulira 1780, anthu a Ireland anayamba kudya mbatata. Iwo ubwino. mbatata anathyola osauka kuti mbatata anali m'dziko ambiri, ndipo anakula bwino nyengo awo ozizira ndi mvula. Iwo anapereka chakudya kuposa mbewu ina iliyonse, ndipo ntchito zofunika pang'ono. Onse ankayenera kuchita chinali kudzala mbatata, ndiyeno iwo akanakhoza kuchita ntchito zina ulimi Pa chidutswa ka dziko, mlimi akhoza kukula mbatata chakudya chokwanira banja lake. Munthu akhoza kudya mapaundi 8 mpaka 10 mbatata tsiku ndi mkaka kapena tchizi, ndi kukhala wathanzi kwambiri Posakhalitsa, mbatata anakhala chakudya chachikulu Ireland. Kenako mu 1845, matenda anapha mbatata zonse mu Ireland. anthu mamilioni awiri anafa ndi njala. Irish ambiri amene sanafe anadza kwa United States pa nthawi ino. Pa milioni rish anabwera a John F. Kennedy. America; mmodzi wa iwo anali agogo awo a bambo M'madera ena a ku Ulaya, anthu sanafune kusintha makhalidwe awo akale chakudya. Ena anasankha kufa ndi njala m'malo kudya mbatata Mu 1774, Mfumu Frederick la Germany ankafuna kuletsa anthu ake kufa ndi njala. Anazindikira kuti mbatata anali chakudya chabwino, iye anauza anthu kuti ndi kudya mbatata kapena chirichonse anthu ake kudula mphuno IR. anthu Sanasangalale, koma analibe kusankha ndi zina