FOODS ORIGINATING IN NORTH AMERICA, UNKNOWN TO THE REST OF THE WORLD.

While it is possibly true that corn (maize), peppers, potatoes and tomatoes are all native to America; America does not necessarily mean the United States of the Americas; nor even of North America. Yes, several very important vegetable crops, unknown to the rest of the world did originate in the Americas and Wapiti (not ELK; which, for some unknown reason, North Americans call a moose), White-tail deer and Wild Turkeys were found no where else but in North America. But, actually, considering the relative size of the Americas to the rest of the world there are very few and MOST, OTHER THAN FOR THOSE ALREADY MENTIONED, DID NOT ORIGINATE IN NORTH AMERICA. 

Avocado: Mesoamerica
Beans: Native to Meso and South America.
Blueberry: North America
Bison are not excluse to North America
Cacao: Mesoamerica
Cactus: Mesoamerica
Caribou or Reindeer: were not exclusive to North America
Cassava Root (manioc): South America
Concord Grapes: North America
Corn or Maize: Native, possibly, to Meso and South America
Cranberry: North America
Ducks: Of course, no ducks aaare exclusive to North America
Elk: Known as Moose in North America did not originate; nor are they exclusive to the Americas. The Wapiti, however, did and is.
Huckleberies: North America
Pumpkins/Squash: Mesoamerica
Peanuts:South America.
Pecan: North America
Potatoes: Like tomatoes, (night-shade family--it is now possible to grow tomatoes above ground and potatoes below; all on the same plant) commonly thought to come from South America but likely originating in China.
Peppers: South America
Saskatoon (Serviceberry): North America
Tomatoes: Commonly thought to be native of Mexico or South America but possibly imported from China.
Turkey: North and Mesoamerica-possibly first domesticated by the Aztec.
Vanilla: Mesoamerica 


I know I have left several animals, berries, and vegetables out; some you would probably like to see included but the point is that many of the foods that we associate solely with North America and believe to have originated in North America are really about as North American as the automobile, bannock, frankfurters(hot-dogs), hamburgers, apple pie, or sour-dough; none of which even originated in the Americas.