GEO 509 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Dairy Cattle, No Idea Records, Chicken Mcnuggets
9 Dec 2014
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Taste of spices brought to europe by the crusades. Portuguese man looking for root of origin spices and he made it to india in 1501, it gave. The cuisine of the east and the west was very different. Western cuisine largely relied on herbs because it was only what was available and eastern cuisine relied upon spices. Refers to the major grasses that are important component in the global human diet. These grasses were not designed for human consumption. The natural predators of these grasses are not humans. Rye grass, barley, millet, rice, mace and wheat (the big 6) Spectacular achievements of human kind refers to imagination that humans have shown in finding ways to make them part of our diet. Central grain to make injera, ethiopian bread (gluten free) Can be found in the middle east. Does very well in cold temperatures (can be planted at any altitude) Doesn"t need rich soils in order to prosper.
