lousyd@lemmy.sdf.org to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days agoTIL that the tumbleweeds commonly found in the American West are Russian thistle. They are an invasive species from Asia that adapted well to the dry, open landscapes of the western U.S.message-squaremessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareTIL that the tumbleweeds commonly found in the American West are Russian thistle. They are an invasive species from Asia that adapted well to the dry, open landscapes of the western U.S.lousyd@lemmy.sdf.org to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days agomessage-square51fedilinkfile-text
It’s kind of funny, I think, that a plant so closely associated with America is actually not native at all.
minus-squareMataVatnik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·24 days agoBlows my minds that Indian and Asian food at one point wasn’t spicy, and it wasn’t until Europian trade from the America’s that changed the cuisine
minus-squareraef@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·23 days agoThey had pepper (actual, not chili).
minus-squareDrusas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·23 days agoThat would be part of why I said chili peppers, not pepper.
Blows my minds that Indian and Asian food at one point wasn’t spicy, and it wasn’t until Europian trade from the America’s that changed the cuisine
They had pepper (actual, not chili).
That would be part of why I said chili peppers, not pepper.