This week, your task is based on attending/listening to Freya Saich’s wonderful guest lecture! Submit a response,of no more than 200 words, to the following question:What meanings do potatoes hold in...

FREYA SAICH’S LECTURE ON “WHAT MEANINGS DO POTATOES HOLD IN THE PERUVIAN ANDES?”
What meanings do potatoes hold in the Peruvian Andes, according to Freya Saich?
Potato has been originated from Peru and has been spread across the world mainly through the routes of colonization. It is a very simple looking vegetable, yet one of the most commonly eaten one at any region of the world as well as in a vast variety of cooked food item. However, for the Peruvian people of the Andes Mountains, potato holds an altogether different significance and it is much...