What was life like in Brazil in 1500?

Answer 1

The Portuguese who came to Brazil had to change their eating habits. Wheat, for example, was replaced by cassava flour, the most important food of the colony. The cassava of Indian origin, was adopted in Brazil by African and Portuguese, being used for making cakes, soups, or simply beijus to eat mixed with sugar. In addition to the flour mill is also consumed in: dried meat, corn, brown sugar, rice, beans and spices like pepper and palm oil. The vegetables, fruits, butter and cheese were rare and only came into the power of the rich. But there were plenty sweet, which were consumed in great quantity, both in field and in cities