When were oats, barley, rye and millet introduced?
When were oats, barley, rye and millet introduced?
They had that. But remember they are as far north as the Hudson Bay. So they have small farms plowed by horse with a very short growing season. They get one crop. And they have to feed the animals. So meats and fish are by far the largest source of food for 9 months of the year. Plus it was much colder back then. So winters were longer and colder.
You could store fats, salted meats, root veggies, beer and wine, butter and cheeses. And flour but not flour like we have. Flour was more rye and millet and it was whole flour, coarsely ground.