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Fun bit about that - potatoes had a similar journey in continental Europe! The French thought they were disease-spreading and only good for animal feed, until the good doctor Parmentier was captured by the Prussians during wartime, who had recently begun experimenting with potato cultivation, and got fed a steady diet of potatoes while in captivity. Realizing that a prolonged period of time of eating potatoes had NOT killed him, he went on to advocate for its wider usage.
The French put up potatoe fields guarded by the military, but the soldiers were instructed to not catch anyone trying to steal the potato plants. Thus making people think it was valuable, and cultivate it.
In sweden they introduced it, people cultivated it but ate the leafs and got sick so they went on a rampage to kill the persons who had introduced them to potatoes.
BTW the Hachis Parmentier is a dish named after Parmentier and it's delicious!
For anyone curious about Hachis Parmentier:
It's shepherds pie but french. That is all.
Also, it's delicious, much like shepherds pie