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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 individual crops and their use in polyculture originated in Mesoamerica, where squash was domesticated first, followed by maize and then beans, over a period of 5,000–6,500 years. European records from the sixteenth century describe highly productive Indigenous agriculture based on cultivation of the Three Sisters throughout what are now ...
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This category contains articles related to the diet and subsistence practices of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
The cuisine of the antebellum United States characterizes American eating and cooking habits from about 1776 to 1861. During this period different regions of the United States adapted to their surroundings and cultural backgrounds to create specific regional cuisines, modernization of technology led to changes in food consumption, and evolution of taverns into hotels led to the beginnings of ...
Agriculture in Mesoamerica dates to the Archaic period of Mesoamerican chronology (8000–2000 BC). [1] At the beginning of the Archaic period, the Early Hunters of the late Pleistocene era (50,000–10,000 BC) led nomadic lifestyles, relying on hunting and gathering for sustenance.
The 1920s. School lunch evolved into bread, stews, boiled meat, and creamed vegetables. Home economics classes began having girls prepare lunches as part of their curriculum — a first glimpse of ...
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 communities. Some foods are associated with specific cities of Ohio ; for example, sauerkraut balls in Akron , Polish Boy sandwiches in Cleveland , Johnny Marzetti casserole in ...