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Since the first time they caught a ride on a Spanish ship from Peru, potatoes have taken the world on a wild journey. Feared as the “work of the devil”, hailed as the answer to starvation and cooked into a thousand different recipes, today our planet consumes one trillion- a trillion! – every single year. In this video we trace the potato back to the very beginning and follow its incredible path from Incan sacrifices to Mr. Potato Head and everything in between.
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0:00 – Introduction
1:04 – The Potato
2:13 – Machu Picchu
5:47 – Early History
8:17 – Chuño
9:53 – Market
13:28 – The Potato Crosses the Ocean
15:09 – The Savior of the Ming
18:03 – Tudou
20:45 – Fear and Superstition
23:20 – The Potato Takes Europe
28:14 – French Cuisine
30:51 – The Last Holdouts
33:39 – Potatoes Everywhere
35:10 – Ireland
36:37 – Famine
39:37 – Irish Feast
41:37 – Aftermath
43:30 – Fries, Chips, and Everything Else
46:44 – Ms. Maria and Mr. Singh
48:57 – Eight Days of Chuño
50:17 – The Big Day
54:25 – The Potato Today
57:34 – Credits and Post-Credits
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Video Credits:
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https://youtu.be/3iSjIaM01j8?si=EcLdRKjY-JZ91Y3d
https://youtu.be/MbuHRo2HAgY?si=UPQSCitBrlU7RiFH
29 Comments
Location pins, and one quick note:
First- I want to clarify a couple of points in the video: 1) how the potato blight reached Europe is controversial; there are plenty of articles and books that claim it arrived first from North America. I trust the Smithsonian research and several Irish studies, which is why we stated the Peruvian origin, but I should have pointed out that it's not a definitive fact. And 2) Daria has been listening to a podcast on the French Revolution during her marathon training runs (I know, she's probably a sociopath) and informed me last night that my speculation about Louis XVI's potato decoration when he was sent to the guillotine couldn't be true, because he was in hiding as a commoner. Ah well.
Locations:
1- Chinese: https://maps.app.goo.gl/w5JvQLtwyGAcY1hx8
2- French: https://maps.app.goo.gl/xMqAGtVrMAy75wDK9
3- Irish: https://maps.app.goo.gl/BuLfQYAcbS6uxZLB8
4- Ms. Maria and Mr. Singh: https://maps.app.goo.gl/AZ9NqfwFSvP8sJ4Z9
And as always…our video was filmed at Boonlang (https://maps.app.goo.gl/UTiHPQszTb4pD6tf6) and our delivery burgers came from Easy Burger (https://maps.app.goo.gl/v9omBMhNL9dGDv2K6)
Cheers all
I like potato hash brown
I like potato cake
I like potato bread
I like Amish potato boil
I like potato with salt/pepper
HAIL, POTATOE! POTATOE RULES THE COOK, POTATOES NEVER EVER SHALL BE SHOOK 😊
What, Bidumb?
Absolutely fantastic presentation of historical event…my complements….GG
So, I’m watching this at 8am on Christmas morning. Last night I made Au Gratin potatoes for Christmas dinner. Well, guess what I’m eating for breakfast? 😂 I’m going to have to make another batch of au gratin potatoes for dinner.
You can bore with fish and meat but you can't bore with potato and rice. Indian quotes.
If you "Ask Me?" The USA Took the PATATO to the Highths it is is still going! due to our Imagrants' knowlages' and combining all these Into a Great DISH! Ingredient! or Main Dish? and our lands blessed perfections' for the job.
FYI native "Americans" also knew how to use toxic Acorns just like Patatos.
38:48 So Ireland had a potato crises in the 1840's and it took them till now to regain their population…………🤯
As an Indian, I am lost how much has colonialism changed our cuisine. Up until 16th century we only used may be okra, eggplant, and may be that's all. But now can't think of our food without the onion tomato base. But to further green chillies. Old scriptures advice black pepper fur spice or may be cinnamon or Cumin seeds. 'Staple' has changed in 400 years
Thanks to this video, ordered potato wedges at 1am😂
Potatoes are my favourite vegetable. Boiled, roasted, baked, fried, mashed….. yummy!
Should holy and roman go together????
Hey uploader if you don't like stout that's fine by me at least your open & honest about it. Seeing Guiness reminds me of Murphy stout of Ireland. I'm subscribing to your chanel !
My parents were from German and Polish ethnic backgrounds. Plus both had strong farm backgrounds. I grew up having potatoes at all most every meal. And I still love potatoes. My favorite is mashed with lots of cream and butter.
Quinoa was important to the Andean precolumbian peoples as well.
1:29 Vodka is made of wheat, not potatoes. It was made long before potatoes arrived to Europe.
Very well documented. How can you not like Guinness. Potatoes are amazing though
If we don’t see poutine on here, I’m sorry
That it enden up "just" tasting like a potato must be a win? It was just a method of preservation right? 😊
Don't like Guinness?! I'm out.
Are you related to TD GOTTSCHALK?
It seems it tastes disgusting
Had to skip the french part because nobody with dignity likes french stuff.
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