Is it harder to imagine Italian cuisine without tomatoes or Irish cuisine without potatoes?

[Ad_Quid_Orator]

Because both of those food crops were originally domesticated in the Americas so in the Middle Ages, Ireland and Italy wouldn't have had access to them.

Italian cuisine without tomatoes

Irish cuisine without potatoes

[DizzyDesii]

Yea to me its not italian if it ain't saucy

[purplepoppy]

The thing about the middle ages is they were a really long time ago. It doesn't take long for an imported ingredient to become a staple in a country. But to answer the question I'd say Irish but perhaps that's just down to the whole potato famine thing rather than cooking Irish food.

[Lliam]

Lots of Italian dishes have tomatoes or tomato sauce. But a lot don't.

On the other hand, it's hard to think of many Irish dishes that don't contain potatoes or are at least served with potatoes. So I voted for the second option.