Succotash recipe – Native American projects
A bowl of succotash You may like pemmican better, but most Native American people ate more succotash: Husk and boil three ears of corn (or use frozen corn). Boil 1/2 [...]
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Native American Scavenger Hunt
Native American Scavenger hunt: Blueberries are a Native fruit! Finding Native things at home How many things can you find around your house that Native American people had before 1500 [...]
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How to make pemmican – Native American project
A Native woman making pemmican Our word "pemmican" comes from the Cree word "pimikan". Pemmican was a sort of energy bar: not great food, but a lot of fat and sugar [...]
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Rice-cooking project – Stone Age China
Rice-cooking project: A bowl of brown rice In China, people started to farm and eat rice in the Stone Age, about 8000 BC. You probably eat a lot of rice too, but [...]
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Food in Qing Dynasty China
Qing Dynasty Chinese food: Chinese sweet potato noodles New traders come to China In 1506 AD, the first Portuguese sailing ships - led by Columbus' cousin - reached China, and [...]
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Food in Early Central Asia
Dried sour yogurt balls in Tashkent, Uzbekistan (thanks to Jeff and Becca Zanatta) Central Asian meat and dairy The nomads who lived in Central Asia, like the Scythians, the Mongols and [...]
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Later Central Asian Food – History of Food
Russian rye bread Beef and yogurt In 1500 AD, most people in Central Asia were still cattle herders, and they ate beef, yogurt, and milk from their cows just they [...]
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Enzymes project – Bread and Spit – Science Activities -Biology
A loaf of bread You can easily taste how your enzymes work breaking down your food into smaller pieces. Do this experiment right after lunch, when you'll have a lot of [...]
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What is a brazier? Heating and Cooking
Brazier (Picture thanks to VROMA) Braziers and cooking A brazier (BRAYS-yer) is a kind of portable grill, usually made out of clay but sometimes out of bronze or iron, which [...]
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African Food and Colonization
Yuca plants after they're pulled up When Portuguese traders began to come to Africa around 1500 AD, they brought new foods with them from South America and Central America. They [...]
