> Old-world food was a hell of a lot more boring before the Columbian exchange. Turnips. It was mostly wheat, barley, and rice with a side of turnips. Not the

> Old-world food was a hell of a lot more boring before the Columbian exchange. Turnips. It was mostly wheat, barley, and rice with a side of turnips. Not the modern turnip that’s been through 20th century breeding for some semblance of flavor, mind, but an “heirloom” variety that is even more boring than turnips are now. The only flavor worth mentioning was in the leafy parts.