Bread, cheese, and tomatoes have all been around since ancient times. So, why did it take so long to invent pizza?CaspianXI@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world – 98 points – 12 months ago48Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsShow the parent commentThere's no proof that cheese, or even milking, was a thing in the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans iirc I think tomatoes made it to Europe before cheese made it to the Americas, but not sureThere are some hints towards the Inca eating llama cheese, but nothing confirmed as far as I know. And there is nothing to show regular consumption of animal milk or related products in north america before the europeans arrived.Milking animals is such a generic concept you get from nature, hard to imagine they didn’t pick it up too.99% of indigenous people were lactose intolerant. They would’ve stopped drinking milk very quickly as you can get the upset stomach drinking milk.
There's no proof that cheese, or even milking, was a thing in the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans iirc I think tomatoes made it to Europe before cheese made it to the Americas, but not sureThere are some hints towards the Inca eating llama cheese, but nothing confirmed as far as I know. And there is nothing to show regular consumption of animal milk or related products in north america before the europeans arrived.Milking animals is such a generic concept you get from nature, hard to imagine they didn’t pick it up too.99% of indigenous people were lactose intolerant. They would’ve stopped drinking milk very quickly as you can get the upset stomach drinking milk.
There are some hints towards the Inca eating llama cheese, but nothing confirmed as far as I know. And there is nothing to show regular consumption of animal milk or related products in north america before the europeans arrived.
Milking animals is such a generic concept you get from nature, hard to imagine they didn’t pick it up too.99% of indigenous people were lactose intolerant. They would’ve stopped drinking milk very quickly as you can get the upset stomach drinking milk.
99% of indigenous people were lactose intolerant. They would’ve stopped drinking milk very quickly as you can get the upset stomach drinking milk.
There's no proof that cheese, or even milking, was a thing in the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans iirc
I think tomatoes made it to Europe before cheese made it to the Americas, but not sure
There are some hints towards the Inca eating llama cheese, but nothing confirmed as far as I know.
And there is nothing to show regular consumption of animal milk or related products in north america before the europeans arrived.
Milking animals is such a generic concept you get from nature, hard to imagine they didn’t pick it up too.
99% of indigenous people were lactose intolerant. They would’ve stopped drinking milk very quickly as you can get the upset stomach drinking milk.