discussion habits food usa american eating habits owe a great deal to that of their british culinary roots with some variations although american lands could grow newer vegetables england could not most colonists would not eat these new foods until accepted by europeans the source here is to a broken link the link is to a page where i can buy a book not an actual source there's no proof and all that this quote is in the book i have researched this independently on my own and have not found anything of the sort related to this material this is an opinionated argument and not a fact you can easily look up the source does not share this quote or fact it isn't in it from any link posted and is in fact a broken source and a link that does not lead to the information written i recommend deleting this post until the user or whoever has written it can find identifiable information by a credible source leading to the statement it does not further the page or help anyone understand anything about this topic nor is credible or have any identifiable backing of any kind