Having read the bit of CoH with Mim and his sack of roots this dinnertime I thought... the roots he was gathering were... potatoes. Any thoughts?
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But when they were washed the roots proved to be white and fleshy with their skins, and when boiled were good to eat, somewhat like bread; and the outlaws were glad of them . . . 'Wild Elves know them not; Grey Elves have not found them; the proud ones from over the Sea are too proud to delve . . . . we do not teach Men how to find them, for Men are greedy and thriftless, and would not spare till all the plants had perished.'
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But when you boil potatoes, it's not exactly like bread, is it? Unless you overcook it. Boiling is the only way mentioned in CoH of cooking those roots; probably during the zenith of Amon Rudh they had other ways of cooking/preparing it.
This was the First Age; probably during the Third Age, where we have Sam wishing for "good taters" to stick in his stew, potato cultivation has been around for quite a long time.
I've tried Googling "potatoes Mim Turin" and nothing significant I have found.
Oh and forgive this thread that is probably brought about by working in the dead of night with a tummy full of potatoes.