A druggist by the name of Parmentier was the man who finally succeededin getting the French to eat potatoes but he had a hell of a time doing it. As aprisoner of war in Prussia he had learned to eat potatoes and convinced of itsgoodness he wanted to introduce it into his native country. Apparently he didnot know his fellow countrymen very well and even lost his job at the “Hotel desInvalides” because he was trying to force his “pig fodder” on the old retiredpensioners living there.