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The Columbian Exchange
You're Dead to Me
Is There a Reversal of Foods?
In the 18th century in Jane Austen's time, you might as exactly that. You've got wheat, olives, sugar, which becomes huge in the Caribbean,. onions, citrus fruits from Spain, rice, coffee, peaches, pears, turnips, grapes. Those things are really important. Coloflowers, cabbages and radish and lettuce all did prosper very quickly. But there are others that don't grow quite as well. So it remains, white bread remains a luxury for example. That's why it's called the Columbian Exchange. Stuff comes in, stuff goes out. They are being seeded into new lands, into new fields, into new
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