Alas, what has become of poor, good Eomer, to think such falsities?
Hm... perhaps a "Location of Middle Earth" thread is in order. What I'm wondering is if there's any reference to potatoes in the Silm, before the Americas were even made.

Certainly the Numenoreans could not have imported such finds, created only after the fall of their island.
*Starts thinking*
Okay, that was
so off-topic. Still interesting, though.