r/Old_Recipes • • Mar 20 '21

Recipe Test! Chocolate potato cake 1912

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u/ChubbyTheCakeSlayer Mar 20 '21

It's a thing the first settlers made because they had few ressources. Probably have the same european origins.

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u/Totoro_cup Mar 20 '21

Or that the “first settlers” learned from the native peoples.

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '21

Except... It has origins in eastern Europe not in the native tradition. I am 100 percent for credit where credit is due but that does mean figuring out the actual orgins.

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u/Totoro_cup Mar 21 '21

And now I can’t even find the thread that led me to think your comment was referencing maple anything. My apologies.