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It later spread to Europe and East Asia with farmers in both areas later selecting for larger leaves; it subsequently became an important food in the Hellenistic and Roman world. [5] The turnip spread to China, and reached Japan by 700 CE. [5] Turnips were an important crop in the cuisine of Antebellum America.
Preserved cheese dating from 1615 BC was found in the Taklamakan Desert in Xinjiang, China. [36] Local cheese today is commonly made or available in most of South Asia in the form of paneer and related cheeses. Rubing in Yunnan, China is similar to paneer. Mainstream Chinese culture is not dairy-centric, but some outlying regions of the country ...
The oldest strudel recipes (a Millirahmstrudel and a turnip strudel) are from 1696, in a handwritten cookbook at the Wienbibliothek im Rathaus (formerly Wiener Stadtbibliothek). [2] The pastry is probably descended from similar pastries such as börek and baklava .
A Wichita village surrounded by fields of maize and other crops. Gathering wild plants, such as the prairie turnip (Pediomelum esculentum, syn. Psoralea esculenta) and chokecherry (Prunus virginiana) for food was undoubtedly a practice of Indian societies on the Great Plains since their earliest habitation 13,000 or more years ago. [3]
A pasty (/ ˈ p æ s t i / [1]) or Cornish pasty is a British baked pastry, a variety of which is particularly associated with Cornwall, but has spread all over the British Isles, and elsewhere through the Cornish diaspora. [2] [3] It consists of a filling, typically meat and vegetables, baked in a folded and crimped shortcrust pastry circle.
Townshend was the eldest son of Sir Horatio Townshend, 3rd Baronet, who was created Baron Townshend in 1661 and Viscount Townshend in 1682. The old Norfolk family of Townshend, to which he belonged, is descended from Sir Roger Townshend (d. 1493) of Raynham, who acted as legal advisor to the Paston family, and was made a justice of the common pleas in 1484.
~1900 BCE: Evidence for cheese (GA.UAR) in the Sumerian cuneiform texts of Third Dynasty of Ur [46] ~1900 BCE: Evidence of chocolate drinks in Mokaya and other pre-Olmec people [47] ~1500 BCE: Rice cultivated in the Niger area. [25] ~1100 BCE: Egyptians are able to purchase a flat (unleavened) bread called ta from stalls in the village streets ...
Cheese and Culture: A History of Cheese and its Place in Western Civilization (2012) Kurlansky, Mark. Milk!: A 10,000-Year Food Fracas (2018). excerpt; Kurlansky, Mark. Salt: A World History (2003) excerpt; Martin, Laura C. A History of Tea: The Life and Times of the World's Favorite Beverage (2018) excerpt; Mintz, Sidney.