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Any nourishing substance that is eaten, drunk, or otherwise taken into the body to sustain life, provide energy, promote growth. Questions with this tag should be about the historical practices of growing, preparing, and eating food, or about the historical origins of modern foods.
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Is it true that "All spicy food is from Latin America"?
I live in Thailand, and I wondered about the same. I asked this question to several Thais with some knowledge in history. Chili peppers come from the Americas. That's correct. They are imported into A …
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The diversity of human eating utensils
Thais prefer brine water on Thai and Chinese food.
I've eaten plenty of meals without knifes, but never without the jars with the condiments. …
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Were ice buckets used to chill wine in Victorian England?
Ice is quite old. The Romans already used it to chill drinks. It was hugely expensive, and remained so until mass production of ice became industrially possible. Ice was gathered in wintertime and sto …
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How did people boil water before metal pots?
You don't need metal pots and pans for cooking. It's possible to cook, if need be, in wooden vessels. As @jwenting said: clay works excellent. In other words, pottery. The invention of pottery predate …
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Were grapes luxurious food in Ancient Rome?
For the very poor, grapes would be a luxury food, but an affordable luxury food.
It's EXTREMELY unlikely a Roman emperor would sit on his throne being fed grapes by a (scantily???) clad concubine. …
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How did people put down a drinking horn?
A drinking horn was not a regular cup. Vikings had plenty of those, they weren't living in the stone age. A drinking horn is a contest, a drinking game: who can empty the whole horn in one go, without …
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When and why did garum disappear?
https://www.templeofthai.com/food/sauces/namplarah-5110000509.php
https://culinarylore.com/specialty-foods:nam-pla-thai-fermented-fish-sauce/ …
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Why did the ancient Romans kill deer so often?
People ate just about anything with legs for food in those days. Bears, badgers, foxes, voles & dormouse (they were a delicacy), mice - anything. That includes deer as well, my dear. …
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