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El intercambio entre dos mundos

El intercambio entre dos mundos. Or, How the European Journeys to America made it more fun to eat. Did you know?. Foods like corn, beans, tomatoes, limes, peanuts, turkey, potatoes and chocolate are native to the Americas. That means these foods were not known to Europeans before Columbus.

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El intercambio entre dos mundos

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  1. El intercambio entre dos mundos Or, How the European Journeys to America made it more fun to eat

  2. Did you know? • Foods like corn, beans, tomatoes, limes, peanuts, turkey, potatoes and chocolate are native to the Americas. • That means these foods were not known to Europeans before Columbus. • Wow, great info, Profe. So interesting.

  3. Who cares! • This may seem extremely unimportant, but if you think about it for any length of time, a lot of our favorite foods wouldn’t have been developed without this interchange of foods. • Take a look at these foods. They wouldn’t exist without this interchange.

  4. Spaghetti and Meatballs

  5. French Fries

  6. Chocolate Milk

  7. Peanut Butter

  8. Thanksgiving Turkey

  9. The New World Benefited, Too! • We brought over lots of good foods for those in the New World. • Animals like chickens, cows, and pigs are native to the Old World, and these animals were bought over to the New World by those who colonized it. • Same thing, too. Imagine some of your favorite Mexican foods without…

  10. Cheese

  11. Beef

  12. Pork

  13. Wait a second… • Without this food exchange, some of these restaurants might not even exist!

  14. Okay, okay, okay • McDonald’s might exist, but they’d have no… • Fries • Shakes • McCafe Drinks • Etc.

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