In Britain, we ate bread. Lots of bread. Seriously loads of the stuff, along with other grains and grain products (oats, barley, porridge, beer). We also ate

In Britain, we ate bread. Lots of bread. Seriously loads of the stuff, along with other grains and grain products (oats, barley, porridge, beer). We also ate other root vegetables native to Eurasia such as carrots, parsnips, swedes and turnips; and plenty of beans and legumes. Obviously there was no going back once we figured out how to roast a potato though.