This isn't that surprising at all, we do have historical documents from thousands of years ago that describe beer and cheese production, consumption, and trade.

This isn't that surprising at all, we do have historical documents from thousands of years ago that describe beer and cheese production, consumption, and trade. For instance, when Xenophon (2500 years ago) was passing through Armenia, he described a local "barley wine" that was an acquired taste: > There were stores within of wheat and barley and vegetables, and wine made from barley in great big bowls; the grains of barley malt lay floating in the beverage up to the lip of the vessel, and reeds lay in them, some longer, some shorter, without joints; when you were thirsty you must take one of these into your mouth, and suck. The beverage without admixture of water was very strong, and of a delicious flavour to certain palates, but the taste must be acquired. Even way before that, beer was consumed throughout the ancient Near East, and it even made it to the first work of literature that has survived to modern times, the Epic of Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh's wild buddy Enkidu is given beer to drink: > "... he ate until he was full, drank seven pitchers of beer, his heart grew light, his face glowed and he sang out with joy." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anabasis_(Xenophon) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anabasis_(Xenophon) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_beer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_beer You can search for the words "cheese" and "wine" in Anabasis to see plenty of mentions, including the passage above: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1170/1170-h/1170-h.htm https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1170/1170-h/1170-h.htm