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Whittlesey culture is an archaeological designation for a Native American people, who lived in northeastern Ohio during the Late Precontact and Early Contact period between A.D. 1000 to 1640. By 1500, they flourished as an agrarian society that grew maize, beans, and squash. After European contact, their population decreased due to disease ...
The Mesoamericans began making fermented drinks using chocolate in 450 BC using the cocoa tree. [20] Once sugar was used to sweeten it rather than spices, it gained popularity [21] and was used in feasts. Toasted cacao beans were ground (sometimes with parched corn) and then the powder was mixed with water.
The Fort Ancient culture—of southern Ohio and northern Kentucky—flourished during the Late Prehistoric Period. Rectangular or circular houses surrounded a plaza area. Although they did not build earthworks in the same frequency as the Hopewell culture, they built several large earthworks, like the Serpent Mound, the country's largest effigy ...
Molinillo, a device used by Mesoamerican royalty for frothing cacao drinks. Molcajete, a basalt stone bowl, used with a tejolote to grind ingredients as a Mesoamerican form of mortar and pestle. Paila, an Andean earthenware bowl. Cooking baskets were woven from a variety of local fibers and sometimes coated with clay to improve durability.
This category contains articles related to the cuisine of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures. See also: Mesoamerican diet and subsistence; Subcategories.
The Morning Star sacrifice did not take place every year. The last human sacrifice by the Pawnee was in 1838. [25] Common to many other Plains farmers, the Pawnee left their villages in late June when their corn crop was about knee high to live in tipis and roam the plains on a summer buffalo hunt. They returned about the first of September to ...
This long, lizard-like creature called the Crosswick Monster has only been spotted once in Ohio, but has left its marks permanent after attacking two boys in 1882.
The cuisine of Ohio is part of the broader regional cuisine of the Midwestern United States and reflects the influence of German, Italian, Eastern European, and other cuisines. Some foods are associated with specific cities of Ohio; for example, sauerkraut balls in Akron , Polish Boy sandwiches in Cleveland , Johnny Marzetti casserole in ...