As you read this you will find that many of the foods that are eaten everyday (especially in North America) are foods that were eaten, raised, developed, and introduced to the world at large by the Incas. A staple of their diet was the potato (papa) but, not just one or two kinds of potato the Incas had over forty varieties of potatoes (in colors of white, yellow, red, pink, gray, brown, purple, black, spots and stripes) at their table. It is interesting to note that Andean farmers were the inventors of the dehydrated potato and it was the Inca rulers who systematized the potato drying process . The dehydration process was known as Chunu (pronounced ch'un-yu) and it was the dehydrated potato that prevented famine in Inca society.
Corn was another staple in the Inca diet. There were many different names used to describe the type of corn that was eaten. There was sara which was corn for everyday eating. Sweet corn was known as choclo; and saraaka was corn used to make a sort of hominy called mote. There is mention that the size of these kernels were as large as marbles. Quinoa a round grain was used to supplement the two staples of potato and corn. The list of other foods eaten by the Incas included sweet potatoes, chili peppers, pineapple, squash,, papaya, avocado, tomatoes, peanuts, cashews, a form of cucumber called gherkin, and cabbage. Last but not least was the bean (legume). The only beans out of over sixty different varieties that were not eaten by the Incas was the broad bean and soy bean. Many of the indigenous beans eaten are now fading away and may be lost forever.
Of course, the Incas also needed a meat supply to feed their expanding population. They were heavily reliant upon grains and vegetables, but meat sources such as fish, deer, alpaca and guinea pig were also important. The ruling elite had access to more meat than the commoner classes.
They ate maize, beans, grains, potatoes, sweet potatoes, ulluco, oca, mashwa, pepper, tomatoes, peanuts, cashews, squash, cucumber, quinoa, gourd, cotton, talwi, carob, chirimoya, lúcuma, guayabo, and avocado. For meat they ate duck, guinea-pig, and wild game such as deer and the vizcacha rodent but occasionally they ate llama or alpaca. They drank llama milk, water and a type of beer.
well the mayan ate eacother if they got supper hungry .....or they ate llama food
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The Inca were farmers. They were the first people to grow potatoes. They also grew corn. They used irrigation to water their crops.
the Incas ate Lots of Meat
Same way all people eat. They were people.
the Incas ate Lots of Meat
They ate food like corn and Ginny pigs
the Incas ate Lots of Meat
No they planted hunted and fished. If they had a surplus, it lasted for 3 to 7 years. The surplus happened because it was by accident.
The Incas ate fish cows feets
what was the incas food like
The Incas ate lots of vegetables but there traditional food was Guinea pigs.
Yes, they did. the used to eat cavies (guinea pigs) too!! eat food for life otherwise you will be skinny!
The Incas used Llamas for Transportation,wool,and food
they would eat goat,rat,fish,alpacas,and guinea pigs were raised then killed for food