If you saw the home of El Pulpo's Wilson Popenhoe in Antigua you’d realise that the origins of the Haas avocado were far from ‘humble’. Ah, but it’s grotty old Guatemala so they must be, right?
And where did Lucy Sherriff acquire that canard about the birthplace of chocolate? San Juan del Effing Obispo?
I suppose it’s rather like the whole ‘birthplace of tango’ thing, all very ‘don’t go there’.
But the facts as currently known involve the detection of the chemical signature of this liquid on Mesoamerican vessels belonging to the pre-Olmec period in Tabasco, Veracruz and maybe even Chiapas. So, not Guatemala. Especially not Mixco.
And there are a few fruits and vegetables I can imagine not growing here. I've been particular unsuccessful with olive trees for example.
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