2. Tomato, potato, squash, bean, corn, peanut, hot pepper, cacao, vanilla, pineapple, turkey… All these products were unknown in Europe, Asia and Africa before the discovery of the American continent by Christopher Columbus in 1492. Read the following text
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4. Can you imagine Mediterranean cooking without tomatoes or peppers? Irish stew without potatoes? Indian cooking without hot peppers?
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6. 3. The wild turkey is a "chicken-like" bird. It is the largest game bird in North America. The wild turkey does not look like the turkey that is raised on farms. It is smaller in size with smaller breast, longer legs and neck. Turkeys raised on farms have white feathers. 4 Maize production originated in southern Mexico. Along with the potato, it was a primary food of the Incas in Peru and an important staple in Mesoamerica and North America as well.
