Turesky talks about heterocyclic aromatic amines that form in welldone cooked meats and their potential role in human cancer. Most of them are still unknown in the rest of the world.
The people of the Andes developed hundreds of varieties of potatoes. As in the rest of Central and South America, chili peppers were an important and highly praised part of their diet. FoodstuffseditThere were also several types of edible clay, like pasa, which was used as sauce for potatoes and other tubers, and chaco, something used by the poor or religiously devout. The most common sources of meat were guinea pigs and llamas, and dried fish was common. Maize was of high prestige, but could not be grown as extensively as it was further north. The most important staples were various tubers, roots, and grains. The Inca civilization stretched across many regions, and so there was a great diversity of plants and animals used for food, many of which remain unknown outside Peru. Comment by Zali Took about 10 minutes to get a full stack of lion meat off the Hulking Mountain Lions and Mountain Lions in Hillsbrad with my 55 hunter. Inca cuisine originated in pre Columbian times within the Inca civilization from the 1.
