Reading: “Peanuts and the Atlantic Slave Trade”


“In my book Hog and Hominy I show that before the 19th century, the Portuguese introduced South American plants to the coast of West and Central Africa including peanuts. Overtime African farmers incorporated the plant into their fields and cookery particularly as one pot meals.”

Read More: http://www.foodasalens.com/2013/01/peanuts-and-atlantic-slave-trade.html

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