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The French put up potatoe fields guarded by the military, but the soldiers were instructed to not catch anyone trying to steal the potato plants. Thus making people think it was valuable, and cultivate it.
In sweden they introduced it, people cultivated it but ate the leafs and got sick so they went on a rampage to kill the persons who had introduced them to potatoes.
BTW the Hachis Parmentier is a dish named after Parmentier and it's delicious!
For anyone curious about Hachis Parmentier:
It's shepherds pie but french. That is all.
Also, it's delicious, much like shepherds pie
I always thought that was some German King with the "guarded" patches.
I might be wrong, learned it here in France, any potato historians out there?
The same story is definitely told about Frederick the Great, who put great effort into cultivating the potato in Prussia.