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New world vs old world?
What foods did the Western Hemisphere ("New World") and the Eastern Hemisphere ("Old World") have in common? Or were all of today's cuisines a result of the blending of the two?
4 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Read Alfred Crobsy's book, _The Columbian Exchange_ . This will provide your answer. It is a great book.
In short, the "New World" (the Americas) and the "Old World" (Europe, Africa, Asia), were almost completely different in regard to flora and fauna. Today's cuisine, therefore, is a result of delightful blending.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Wow. You've got your words a bit mixed up. Usually the old world refers to Europe, Africa, and Asia, while the new world refers to the Americas (ie. North and South - those are continents) and Australia/New Zealand.
Your question really doesn't make sense. I'm not sure what you're getting at.
However I can tell you that pasta is a derivative of Chinese noodles, if you're talking East and West.
If you're talking new and old, then turkey and corn were both from South America and spread around the world.
- 1 decade ago
Pizza is the common factor in both.
One could also say that Chinese food is a universal cuisine of both the old and new worlds.
- Anonymous5 years ago
Old World monkeys got there by evolving there from pre-existing prosimian species. New World monkeys got there by monkeys rafting from Africa across the Atlantic ocean on a vegetation mat.