History of dates (food) – West Asia
History of dates: Two dates Dates are from West Asia Wild dates probably evolved around 50 million years ago, as a way for date palms to get animals to eat [...]
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Chocolate and Africa
A white man beating an enslaved African man in Brazil African-American slavery and chocolate As more and more people wanted chocolate, farmers had to grow more and more cacao beans. [...]
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Chocolate and sugar: Chocolate comes to Europe
History of chocolate: an Aztec man serving a cup of cacao Chocolate and Europeans When Spanish invaders came to the court of the Aztec ruler Montezuma in 1519, Montezuma naturally [...]
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Where are chickpeas from? West Asia
History of chickpeas: Dried chickpeas Chickpeas are from West Asia Chickpeas are a kind of bean that probably evolved in West Asia, in what is now eastern Turkey, around the [...]
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Why are chestnuts a famine food?
A pile of chestnuts When did chestnuts evolve? Chestnut trees are related to oak trees, and like oak trees they probably evolved early, around 66 million years ago, around the [...]
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Where does yuca root come from? South America
Yuca root history: Yuca plants after they're pulled up Yuca's from South America Yuca is a South American plant that probably first evolved around the same time as the other [...]
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Where do carrots come from? Central Asian food
History of carrots: Wild carrots (Queen Anne's Lace) Carrots are from Central Asia Wild carrots probably evolved with the other flowering plants, about 360 million years ago in the Cretaceous [...]
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What are carbohydrates?
Rice has a lot of carbohydrates What are carbohydrates made of? Carbohydrates are foods which give you energy. They are called carbohydrates because they are made of hydrocarbon molecules. That [...]
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What is barley? History of food
Barley ready to be harvested How is barley different from wheat? Barley's a kind of grass, like wheat or millet or sorghum or rice, that is a good source of carbohydrates [...]
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Where do bananas grow today?
Bananas growing on a banana tree When did bananas reach the Americas? Bananas were the hip new food in Europe in the 1400s AD, so it's not surprising that the [...]
