Kind of OT (except that Spanish potatoes reminded me) but did you know that the original "Turkeys" or "Turkey fowl" were what are now called Guineafowl? They come from Africa and were introduced to Central Europe through markets in Turkey.

Later when European explorers got to the New World, they found similar indigenous birds and thought they were a type of Guineafowl, so they named them "turkeys". The name stuck with the new birds and the original "Turkeys" became "Guineas", for no better reason than it was a place in Africa most people knew by name.

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

That's interesting! I did't know that, and have always wondered how a North American bird got itself named after a country that straddles Europe and Asia!

Redwolf