On Food and Cooking

Name    of  Drink Region Main   Ingredient

Chicha South

America

Boiled  maize,  chewed  to

contribute  saliva  enzymes

Manioc

beer

South

America

and

elsewhere

Boiled  manioc  root,

chewed  to  contribute

saliva  enzymes

Millet, sorghum,

rice    beers

Africa,

Asia

Millet,

sorghum,    rice

Boza/bouza

Southwest

Asia,   North

Africa

Bread   made    from

malted  millet,

wheat

Pombe   ya

ndizi

Kenya Bananas   and malted

millet

Kvass Russia Rye    bread

Roggenbier Germany Malted   rye

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centuries following the fall of Rome, beer
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