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[–] 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

Or before the Spanish brought the potato to Europe?

Prior to the Columbian exchange, the Old World had never seen the tomato, the potato, corn, or chocolate, to name a few notables. The New World had never seen rice, wheat, beef, pork, or chicken.

It was a very different world for both from a culinary standpoint, that's for sure.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    I suppose where I live they mostly ate food made from grain. Like bread or barley gritz or other tasteless stuff. And then some available vegetables, berries, some animal produce, probably not a cow unless they were rich, more like eggs and occasionally a chicken.

    I think the Roman empire also spread quite some culture and food across Europe. But I can't imagine living before the Columbian exchange. That brought us most stuff we eat as if today. Yeah and colonialism in general, that made some goods available for people in Europe.

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