[Avodah] The Halachic Adventures of the Potato

[Zev Sero via Avodah]

On 03/04/17 15:50, David Riceman via Avodah wrote:
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> This doesn’t quite fit RZS’s request, but I heard a story from a
> friend who gave a shiur making essentially RZS’s claim.  An elderly
> gentleman from Morocco told him that in his (childhood) town no one
> ate potatoes on Pesah because they puff up when they cook.
> Admittedly my story is third hand, and is not related to gezeiras
> kitniyos, but it is evidence that a community in Morocco forbade
> potatoes.

That comes close, but not close enough.  If the name of the town were 
given, so that one could track down other families from that town and 
verify it, then I'd accept it.


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