The diversity of Peru is often highlighted when one takes a little interest in the country by reading or watching reports. Quickly we can realize, through reading, that this great South American country is full of distinct wonders! Indeed, the great strength of this country is to have 3 very different areas; the Pacific Coast, the Andes and the Amazon. The ecological levels take advantage of this extraordinary diversity by going from sea level to more than 6700 with the Apu Huascaran (6768m), the highest summit of the Peruvian Andes. This diversity is obviously also found in the gastronomy, in the products that Mother Earth can offer to her population.... Indeed, everything grows in Peru and you will believe us or not, but the cultures are present from sea level to more than 4500m of altitude ! Many products have been imported over the years and have adapted very well to the climatic conditions of this part of the world, helped, it must be said, by the great fertility of the Andean lands or the ancestral knowledge of fertilization with the contribution of the Guano found on many islands of the Peruvian coast. But there are also products from here, and it is one of them that we would like to present to you with this article, a true "product of the soil" dating back about 8000 years according to some studies. Have you guessed what we wanted to talk about?? About potatoes of course !! Yes, this famous tuber appeared several thousand years ago on the Peruvian and Bolivian Altiplano in the Titicaca Lake region. Originally, it was a wild plant that had to be domesticated by man to be able to plant, cultivate and transform it into one of the most consumed foods in the world today. It
The diversity of Peru is often highlighted when one takes a little interest in the country by reading or watching reports. Quickly we can realize, through reading, that this great South American country is full of distinct wonders! Indeed, the great strength of this country is to have 3 very different areas; the Pacific Coast,
