The Columbian exchange was the widespread transfer of animals, plants, culture, technology, and ideas between the America’s and the Old World during the 15th and 16th century. This global transfer has greatly affected most societies on earth in a plethora of ways. It brought destructive diseases that depopulated many cultures and it circulated a wide variety of new crops and livestock that were only native to the New World or the Old World. Additionally, as a result of the Columbian Exchange, the spread of agriculture led to an increase in the world’s population. Overall, the Columbian Exchange brought the Eastern and Western hemispheres together.
The appetizer on the menu is Bruschetta with Tomato and Basil, which contains basil leaves. Basil …show more content…
This contains mascarpone cheese and espresso coffee. To begin, Luigi Bezzera of Milan, who invented a quick and easy way of making coffee with steam pressure invented espresso in Italy at the beginning of the 20th century. Coffee was a necessity to Italian daily life as a result of the North African Muslims who transported it through Venice’s ports during the Renaissance age. Once it arrived in the New World, espresso got its start from Seattle. Today, the majority of espresso served in Europe and North America is made from Arabica beans. Similarly, Mascarpone cheese is also Italian, but this food originated in the Lombardy region, most likely in the late 1500s or early 1600s. Lombardy is located in the northern part of Italy and this place has a rich agricultural and dairy heritage. The name “mascarpone” is thought to have derived from “mascarpia,” the local dialect term for ricotta. Another possibility is that the name came from the Spanish “mas que bueno”, meaning “better than good” as a part of the Spanish rule in Italy. Finally, it is believed that the name comes from the word “mascarpa,” a milk product made from the whey of aged cheese. Even though these two ingredients came from the Old World, they are now included in various foods or …show more content…
The Columbian Exchange resulted in long-term and historic effects on the people and the whole world. It introduced new experiences in terms of pests, diseases, and animals into the American population as well as to the Old World. The Americans had no experience with the new diseases, and the impact was devastating. Thus, it has helped medicine develop throughout the years. Also, this global trade introduced new foods and crops to both worlds. Additionally, it changed the social and economic welfare of Native Americans and it facilitated slave trade, which later changed the lives of Americans. Talking about power, during this time farm owners had more power than the people that grew the food. The farm owners were the Spanish in the American colonies and they used the encomienda system so that the Native Americans were forced to work on the fields growing crops. The natives were abused in this system. Thus, in the social scale, the peninsulares were on top and the mulatto or the slaves were at the bottom. In the middle were the mestizo, mixture of Spanish and Native American, and the creoles were completely Spanish born in the colonies. In Brazil, the Portuguese also had natives as slaves, but they did not abuse them as much since they saw them as having souls. However, in
The appetizer on the menu is Bruschetta with Tomato and Basil, which contains basil leaves. Basil …show more content…
This contains mascarpone cheese and espresso coffee. To begin, Luigi Bezzera of Milan, who invented a quick and easy way of making coffee with steam pressure invented espresso in Italy at the beginning of the 20th century. Coffee was a necessity to Italian daily life as a result of the North African Muslims who transported it through Venice’s ports during the Renaissance age. Once it arrived in the New World, espresso got its start from Seattle. Today, the majority of espresso served in Europe and North America is made from Arabica beans. Similarly, Mascarpone cheese is also Italian, but this food originated in the Lombardy region, most likely in the late 1500s or early 1600s. Lombardy is located in the northern part of Italy and this place has a rich agricultural and dairy heritage. The name “mascarpone” is thought to have derived from “mascarpia,” the local dialect term for ricotta. Another possibility is that the name came from the Spanish “mas que bueno”, meaning “better than good” as a part of the Spanish rule in Italy. Finally, it is believed that the name comes from the word “mascarpa,” a milk product made from the whey of aged cheese. Even though these two ingredients came from the Old World, they are now included in various foods or …show more content…
The Columbian Exchange resulted in long-term and historic effects on the people and the whole world. It introduced new experiences in terms of pests, diseases, and animals into the American population as well as to the Old World. The Americans had no experience with the new diseases, and the impact was devastating. Thus, it has helped medicine develop throughout the years. Also, this global trade introduced new foods and crops to both worlds. Additionally, it changed the social and economic welfare of Native Americans and it facilitated slave trade, which later changed the lives of Americans. Talking about power, during this time farm owners had more power than the people that grew the food. The farm owners were the Spanish in the American colonies and they used the encomienda system so that the Native Americans were forced to work on the fields growing crops. The natives were abused in this system. Thus, in the social scale, the peninsulares were on top and the mulatto or the slaves were at the bottom. In the middle were the mestizo, mixture of Spanish and Native American, and the creoles were completely Spanish born in the colonies. In Brazil, the Portuguese also had natives as slaves, but they did not abuse them as much since they saw them as having souls. However, in