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Ah yeah, there's a great wikipedia article that shows which common vegetables and fruits originated in which parts of the world before the Columbian exchange. R
by arcticbull 3y ago
Ah yeah, there's a great wikipedia article that shows which common vegetables and fruits originated in which parts of the world before the Columbian exchange. Really makes you think that Italian food once had no tomatoes. And Irish and Eastern European food had no potatoes. [1]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbian_exchange https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbian_exchange
- morkalork 3y agoAnd in this case, south Indian food without the heat of chilis.
- arcticbull 3y agoAhh yes, apparently they were introduced by the Portuguese in the late 1400/early 1500s. They did have black pepper though.
- fuzztester 3y agoAnd long peoper, which fewer people know of or talk about than black pepper, these days, but it is quite good too. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_pepper https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_pepper https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_pepper https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_pepper
- captn3m0 3y agoI remember seeing it often in my grandma’s kitchen as a kid.