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People in Europe ate mammoth, reindeer, red deer, bison and horse.
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People in Egypt ate bread, sheep, pigs, cows, goats, ducks, geese, and fish. They grew marrows, beans, lentils, leeks, radishes and lettuces and drank beer
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People in Greece ate bread, cheese, fish and other meat. They grew beans, onions, garlic and olives and drank wine and water.
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People in Britain were introduced to celery, cabbages, radishes, carrots, cucumbers, broad beans and walnuts.
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The Saxons ate bread, fish, cheese and eggs and drank beer and mead.
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Wealthy people ate ducks, swans herons and blackbirds.
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Poor people ate bread, cheese, pottage, some vegetables and sometimes fish and meat.
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People in England are introduced to Turkeys.
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Potatoes are introduced in England, but are not widely used.
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People in England are introduced to bananas.
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Eating potatoes and drinking tea becomes common in England.
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The first recipe for potato chips is introduced.
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Self-raising flour is patented by Henry Jones.
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Condensed milk is patented by Gail Borden.
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People in Britain are introduced to biscuits.
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The modern rolling pin with handles is invented by John W. Reed.
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Margarine is invented by Hippolyte Mege-Mouries.
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Evaporated milk is patented by John Mayenberg.
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The cream cracker is invented.
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Digestive biscuits are invented by Alexander Grant
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The first electric toaster is invented.
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Meat and sugar becomes cheaper. People eat less bread and have a more varied diet.
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The first custard creams are invented.
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The first bourbon is invented
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The first refrigerator for home use is invented by Fred W. Wolfe.
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The spring-jointed nut cracker is patented by Henry Quakenbush
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Jaffa cakes are introduced.
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Chocolate chip cookies were invented by Ruth Wakefield.
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Britain begins rationing food.
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Food becomes much cheaper.
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Britain stops rationing food.