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The Columbian Exchange

You're Dead to Me

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What Are the Most Valuable Foods in the World?

Every single one of the foods on this list is from the Americas. Peanut oil and sunflower oil are two of the biggest things to come out of the Colombian exchange, massively used in terms of modern value. Chiles are introduced to South Asian cooking by the Portuguese,. That's the beginning of a network that leads it then all across Africa and Asia. The word tomato is from the Nahuatl language, which is the Aztec language. They become really popular. Potatoes are variably introduced.

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