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Thursday, November 24, 2016

Chapter 5 Beef, Fifty Foods That Changed The Course of History by Bill Price

Book: Fifty Foods That Changed The Course of History
Author: Bill Price
ISBN: 978-1-77085-427-7

Chapter 5: Beef

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Answer Key

1. The Aurochs is the name of the wild ancestor of the cattle.
2. The last Auroch died in 1627.
3. The last Auroch died at Polish Forest.
4. True, the builders of Stonehenge were cattle farmers.
5. True, Stonehenge culture had much in common with those who built the temple complex in the Orkneys.
6. Grooved Ware is the name of the style of pottery used in Stonehenge and Orkney.
7. Kobe beef is the most expensive meat in the world.
8. Kobe beef comes from Hyõgo, Japan.
9. No, Kobe beef sold abroad is not real.
10. Wagyu Cattle is the strain of cattle used for Kobe beef.
11. The cows are fed grain.
12. Celtic myths have their origin in the Iron Age.
13. Hereford cattle come from Herefordshire, United Kingdom.
14. The first Hereford cattle were exported to the U.S. in 1817.
15. The Shorthorn and Texas Longhorn were replaced by the Hereford Cattle.
16. Charolais, Limousin, and Simmental were the 3 cattle breeds replaced the Hereford Cattle in Britain.
17. Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy = B.S.E.
18. B.S.E. is also known as Mad Cow Disease

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