j4k3@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 6 months agoWhat is the oldest common food in the typical western diet?message-squaremessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up12arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the oldest common food in the typical western diet?j4k3@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 6 months agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-text
Of the things available to most of us, what are common and the oldest things we might find on a store shelf?
minus-squareAngel Mountain@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoApples? Approximately 750,000 years ago: early Paleolithic food gatherers in (modern) Kazakhstan, central Asia, discovered sour crab apples growing wild in the forest. https://historicsites.nc.gov/all-sites/horne-creek-farm/southern-heritage-apple-orchard/apple-history/origins-apples
Apples?
https://historicsites.nc.gov/all-sites/horne-creek-farm/southern-heritage-apple-orchard/apple-history/origins-apples