If we lost Digikey, Mouser, and AVNET, it would be catastrophic. Entire US engineering divisions would leave for Shenzhen.

you are both right of course

but for some reason my fealty to potato does not extend to tomatoes and eggplant quite the same way. i feel toward potatoes sort of how gary Larson feels about cows

1990s research at Novartis, not sure how quickly the new cultivars were adopted,.maybe someone else can chime in

you have done potatoes a profound insult by not including them in this list

The modern cultivars literally taste different, it's not just cooking method. The bitter compounds were identified and bred out.