Pre-Columbian American foods
Discussion Topic: When America was colonized by Europeans in the early 1500’s the Europeans discovered new foods that they had not experienced before.
List at least ten foods that were native to pre-Columbian America that are now popular throughout the world.
Did any of these foods surprise you?
Switzerland, Italy and Ireland are well known for certain foods, think about how different the world was in Switzerland, Italy and Ireland before 1492 and comment about it.
What would you miss most if these foods had never existed?