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# tatties are old world foods
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(, Mon 18 Aug 2003, 10:23, archived)
# someone else doesn't think so either
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and if you've been watching too much telly like i have, they only had bread for a very long time before tatties and rice.
(, Mon 18 Aug 2003, 10:25, archived)
# Not as such.
First cultivated in Peru, about 2000 years ago.
First European encounter with the potato was in 1537 in Colombia. Introduced to Spain in 1550s, British Isles in 1590s.

(, Mon 18 Aug 2003, 10:33, archived)