THE HISTORY OF FOOD AND BEVERAGES
Prehistoric man's diet was very simple
staple foods: meat,fish,wild plants
hunter - gatherer society/ raw food
only wild leaves and berries
NO spices, onions,potatoes
No methods of preservation. People ate what there was in their habitat
people who lived near the sea/river ate: fish, sea birds,shellfish
peolpe who lived inland hunted for :oxen, wild pigs, deers, wolves
The change happened in the Neolithic Era (10.000 B.C.
the society changed from:
hunter-gatherer
to agricultural
He became a farmer instead of being only a hunter
changing his food habits
Prehistoric man settled down and cultivated crops( squash, corn, beans, barley)
he domesticated animals for food (his diet included milk and cheese)
He passed from a meat-based diet to a vegetarian one( poor in salt)