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@fey@pagan.plus I don't blame you, to be honest. History be damned, potatoes are quite satisfying. I know not every diet would agree, and that's totally fair, but they are calorie dense and extraordinarily valuable to be able to grow yourself. Have you heard of groundnuts? I think Apis americana is the scientific name -- they're a native North American tuber with extremely nutritious seed pods and a tuber that's a lot like (so I've read) a somewhat drier potato. They like a lot of water, and I *think* would be native to a huge region of the Northeast that probably includes yours. If you have a wet spot on your property, it could be a good no-effort thing to cultivate. I think they're also something like 28% protein by dry weight (that might be the seeds, the tubers are pretty high in protein too though iirc) so they're extremely nutritionally valuable.