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[–] mrbubblesort@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tomatoes are from America though

[–] GigglyBobble@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] neutronicturtle@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Homo sapiens also doesn't originate from Europe.

[–] psyqology@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They gave us all the good stuff besides tobacco

[–] Bene7rddso@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Beer is good too, and did not come from America

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No but there is a LOT of good beer in America, not the big three Bud/Miller/Coors but the microbrew scene in the US is crazy. Belgium still holds the title but the US ain’t a beer slouch.

And on the subject of hooch, while it might not be uniquely American to distill whiskey, moonshine culture is pretty distinct

[–] psyqology@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago

Actually, America does have several whiskeys that cannot be cultivated anywhere else. Bourbon HAS to come from America, just as Scotch is from Scotland.