What would life be like without potatoes?

--People in England in Chaucer's day did not know what a potato was and so could never have eaten chips or fries or mashed.
Life without potatoes, what an interesting question. Potatoes are such a big part of Americans food and also a key in "fast food." Potatoes has been a healthy vegitable that has turned unhealthy by Americans culture. We take them and load them down with oils, butter, flour type batters, and make them really a delisious vegetable. A regular old potato, plain by itself really isn't all that great, its when spiceing it up that it changes everything. A potato is a root and how can a root be so good. Without potatoes how could we ever have made that good ol' down home country cookin'. Potatoes are the soul to the South. There are so many things that you can do with potatoes and they are all so good. So for me I would have to say that potatoes have been a big part of my moms country cookin' and would feel that something was missing if there was no longer and potatoes in this world.