In the world of food

For about 10000 years ago, humans moved from place to place to find food. When they found a new food the only way to find out if it was edible was to just try it. If it tasted okay and didn't make them sick, everything was well. However, they risked trying out new foods, they must have sometimes gotten very sick and some of them even died! At this time, people also started to grow some of their food. Some scientists think that the idea for growing food came about because the people noticed that seeds in pieces of fruits and vegetables that they had thrown away began to sprout and grow. From this they got the idea to collect and plant seeds to grow more of their own food. If we move to a much older history, cheese seems to be the oldest man made food, showing up in early Mesopotamia and Egypt. Bread, potatoes, cabbage, beans, and various cereals were the base of local cuisine. There was usually only one dish per one meal on the table for regular days. On holidays, there could be several dishes served during the same meal, but they were the same as those cooked on regular days, as a rule. Meat was seldom eaten. Now let´s move on to the next point – international cuisine.…