Thanks for that very informative and interesting answer, cookie.
Although this stuff is right outside my area, I find it fascinating.
Over here in Europe, I find it immensely difficult to ascertain what
people really ate even within living memory.

Spaghetti carabonara?

Cornish pasties?

The project of trying to figure out what native americans ate before
europeans arrived is very difficult, but no less worth pursuing.

Tony