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Potatoes and Other Tuberous Plants

"Potatoes originated in the Americas and were being eaten by the indigenous people there long before the Spanish arrived." (2) In Bolivia potatoes are very important in cooking. To preserve them they stamp out the water in the hot sun. Then they preserve them using many different methods. Preserved potatoes are called chunos.(1) In addition to potatoes oca nad anu are very popular tuberous plants that are eaten. Oca is a root that grows between two and four inches long. Sometimes they look like pink sausages and can be boiled roasted or fried. Anu is yellow and looks and tastes kind of like a parsnip.(2)

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