[Sca-cooks] pre-Columbian foods

[Terry Decker]

That is primarily because the (white) potato cultures are at altitudes and
in climates unsuitable for growing grain.  The potato was the replacement
for maize.

There is also a differentiation between the mainland cultures and the island
cultures in the Caribbean, where cassava and sweet potatoes were major
crops.

Bear.


>The Mexicans were divided in several empires of different dimensions.
>And the food was definitively different between the "beans" and "corn"
>cultures and the "potatoes" cultures.
>Ana