Why are potatoes not paleo?

I understand that paleo focuses on eating foods from the Paleolithic era that existed before agriculture.

So, one argument states that non-paleo foods are those that have been harvested by the use of ranching or agriculture, such as grains or cane sugar; legumes, such as lentils, beans, peanuts and peas; and dairy products. However, this argument would also ban spinach and berries since we have been harvesting them with agriculture as well. I find this argument unsatisfactory.

I think we shouldn’t eat legumes because those require boiling to not make us sick, and Paleolithic era people didn’t have metal pots to boil legumes in. We shouldn’t eat cane sugar because that requires a tremendous amount of processing. We shouldn’t eat dairy because crawling under a wild cow and sucking on its titts is dangerous. While paleolithic people may have eaten some raw grains, I don’t think that was enjoyable nor do I think they ate many of them. Processing grains into an enjoyable food would have taken way too much work. So, we ban grains.

Now, let’s talk about potatoes. What would stop a paleolithic person from digging up a potato, covering it in mud, and baking that potato in a fire? I see no reason for a Paleolithic person to not be able to eat a potato.

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