In other parts of Eurpoe, people did not want to change their old food habits Some preferrered to die of hunger rather then ent potatoes In 1774, King Frederick of Germany wanted to stop his people feom dying of hunger He understood thet potatoes were a good food, so he told the people to plant and eat potatoes or else his men would cut off their noses. The people were not happy, but they had no shoice and so started to eat potatoes Today people in this part of Germany eat more potatoes then any other nationality. Each person eats adout 370 pounds of potatoes every year!