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The Private Life of the King of Prussia
Frederick, the great uh, potato hero um, along with the frenchman parmentie, who did something very similar. It's quite a german thing, isn't it? Supposedly, when george came over from hanover in 17 14, bringing his disreputable court and mistresses but he also dug up the palace gardens and and planted potatoes. So obviously it's a thing. And then george the third, who is king in england by this time, i guess. Uh, you talk about the eight the 17 seventies, weren't you? He was known as the farmer king as well, wasn't he? Yeah, yeah