Why is their food so much better than Nordoid food?
Isn't it obvious?
>>219279373I think this is more a question for /ck/Forced to answer I'd say there's a good chance that 1)spices more reachable due to maritime proximity and navigability to spice producers in the global south2)colder climates enable just relying on cold to prevent rot rather than spice to make slightly rotten foodstuff palatable/bearableIf I'm not just regurgitating (heh) unsubstantiated rumors here this is also part of the raison d'être for mustard since back then the landed lords would force peasants through monopoly "rights" to only buy their old meat from hunts until new stuff could be sold by other merchants at the local markets so people put mustard onto the meat to make it bearablewhat a russian state of affairs
>>219279373Better soil + better biomes + better culture + better favstian spirit of experimenting with ingredients
>>219282195WHAT FUCKING INGREDIENTS BRO WE HAD FISH AND BARKBREAD FOR 10000 YEARS UNTIL THE POTATO CAME AND WE COULD ATLEAST NOT STARVE TO DEATH NOW
