>We do too have our own original foods! It's called corn. <g> (Although many argue that corn actually originated in Mexico)
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>One thing that is noticeable here in the states is how different vegetables taste depending on where they were grown - mostly due to the myriad soil compositions across the states. For instance, you can't beat yellow sweet corn grown in Iowa or Wisconsin due to the rich black soil. Down in the South they mostly eat white corn (used in grits here) - in Wisconsin we fed that to the cows because it lacked vitamin A and it was difficult for me to get over the idea of eating cow food when I first came here. :o)

In Canada, where I stayed in the country near Toronto, the "peaches & cream", two-tone corn is much sort after.
I have seen the huge corn cribs in the farms though (esp the Menonites) for the cattle.
I promulgated eating roast parsnips the other day. There are people here who regard them as merely cattle food - don't know what they're missing.

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