Indian potatoes
When the Pilgrims came to America they didn’t have much food. But
friendly Indians showed them how to grow corn, beans, and squash. And
the Indians showed the Pilgrims where to find wild plants to eat. One of
these plants had fat, round roots that the Indians dug out of the
ground. Today, we call this plant an “Indian potato.”
The Indians loved these roots. The Pilgrims liked them, too. They boiled
the roots in water and ate them hot. The Pilgrims thought the roots
tasted like turnips.
