[CH] Columbus's Favorite Foods!

Myron Menaker (myronm@bellsouth.net)
Mon, 12 Oct 1998 14:51:38 -0400

Happy Columbus Day!


A little off-topic, but what the heck!
Mid-way thru Columbus' first voyage he began to miss his favorite foods!
Do you know what they were?

                                  Select Columbus's Favorite foods
below:

                                    
                                     Pizza
                                     Potato Chips
                                     Tacos
                                     French Fries
                                     Popcorn
                                     Pecan Pie
                                     Corn Flakes
                                     Peanut Brittle

                                                      Corn Muffins
                                                      Italian Tomato
Sauce

                                                      Baked Pinto Beans
                                                      Curried Potatoes
                                                      Vanilla Ice Cream
                                                      Hungarian Goulash
                                                      Cranberry Sauce
                                                      German Chocolate
Cake


Have you recorded your selections? Ready for the answer(s)???


        ANSWER: All of the choices are wrong! 
                                  

                                  All of the selections shown have a
Native
                                  American food as their main
ingredient!


                                  The tomato in Pizza and Italian Tomato
                                  Sauce are a Native American food that
was
                                  unknown to Columbus before his voyage.
                                  All the different kinds of potatoes
were
                                  Native American. Tacos were a favorite
                                  food of Native Americans but unknown
to
                                  Columbus. All types of corn including
                                  popcorn, as well as pecans, peanuts,
pinto
                                  beans, and cranberries were Native
                                  American foods. The flavorings of
vanilla
                                  and chocolate were Native American.

                                  Even the paprika in Hungarian Goulash
was a
                                  Native American spice unknown to
anyone
                                  in Europe before 1492! 

            Hope you are having a happy holiday!

                        Myron



                                 
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