Choosing Local over Global during the Columbian Exchange

Abstract

a good and excellent Grain, which is turned into bread without difficulty, since it is not hard to break and is quickly ground into Dough. If they knew how to bake it nicely, it would look like and have the colour of rye-and-wheat bread; but as they do not use any Ovens and only bake on the cold [ = bare] earth with hot ashes, it looks rather like buckwheat Cakes. It has a good taste and is wholesome to eat. It tastes salty, but grits your teeth a little, which results from the stones with which it is ground. 11