I just learned that my 2 fav snacks are from america: potato chips (has potato), and popcorn (has maize). What are some non-US snacks I could try instead?

thanks

  • SwingingTheLamp@midwest.socialEnglish
    9·
    18 days ago

    Can you find Haldiram’s chips in your local stores? Potatoes were native to the Americas, but have been widely naturalized around the world. India is the second-largest potato producer in the world, and Haldiram’s is based it Uttar Pradesh. I would wager that they use local potatoes.

      • SwingingTheLamp@midwest.socialEnglish
        13·
        18 days ago

        What message are you trying to send by boycotting a vegetable domesticated in South America, and brought to Europe by Spanish explorers about 500 years ago?

          • setVeryLoud(true);@lemmy.caEnglish
            1·
            17 days ago

            You must be trolling.

            There’s nothing USA about potatoes or corn.

            Corn, or maize, was first domesticated by the native populations near Mexico, and potatoes have been a staple food in Europe for a really long time, to the point where Ireland had a famine when they lost their potato crop.