Re:The Myth of Authenticity Is Killing Tex-Mex
by mathw on Friday March 23, 2018 @04:35AM
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In Britain, we ate bread.
Lots of bread.
Seriously loads of the stuff, along with other grains and grain products (oats, barley, porridge, beer).
We also ate other root vegetables native to Eurasia such as carrots, parsnips, swedes and turnips; and plenty of beans and legumes.
Obviously there was no going back once we figured out how to roast a potato though.
An amusing side note: I read about an analysis showing that Stradivarius used a red pigment from America in some of his violins. I doubt it had an effect on the tone, but it's just interesting to see what kind of trade was occurring.