History of Tofu in China – Medieval China
History of tofu: here is some cooked tofu looking super yummy! Who invented tofu? The first people to write about tofu were writers from the Song Dynasty in China, about [...]
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Food in ancient China – rice and tea
Chinese food Chinese food: rice Rice was the first grain that people farmed in China, and rice is such a basic food in China that the Chinese words for "cook" [...]
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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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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 [...]
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Crafts from Early Africa
Crafts from early Africa: A simple Mancala board If you're a teacher, parent, or day camp counselor thinking of spending a week or so on ancient Africa, these are some [...]
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History of honey
History of honey: Chimpanzee smashing a beehive to get honey When did people start to eat honey? Bees first began to make honey about 200 million years ago, long before [...]
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Eto – African food
Eto: yams before they are cooked What is Eto made of? Eto is a kind of food that people ate in West Africa. You cooked yams until they were soft, [...]
