ANT214H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Columbian Exchange, Capsicum, Smallpox
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The well travelled salad: enormous array of food available in na, most of which is grown and processed and then shipped to us, common and whole ingredients do not have as much of an impact on us. Capsicum peppers: widely used for seasoning, vit a b c, aids digestion, medicinal use, 20 -27 species of capsicum peppers bred for their yield and size, some traits like color and flavor and resistance to certain pests. Cacao: evidence that aztec rulers drank chocolate drinks, brought to spain by columbus, over 5k yrs. Introduced to europe by spanish explorers: became a very imp drink but was mostly for the higher class. I(cid:448)ory (cid:272)oast a(cid:374)d gha(cid:374)a produ(cid:272)e half the (cid:449)orld(cid:859)s total chocolate. Vanilla: comes from orchids, first a luxury, pre columbian americans commonly cultivated it, there was a symbiotic relationship b/w vanilla and its bee, second most expensive spice first is saffron.
