PARIS (AFP) – Europeans now rarely eat seaweed, but it was an important part of their diet until the late Middle Ages, archaeologists said on Tuesday, calling for the eco-friendly aquatic plant to be put back on the menu. Seaweed, a healthy and sustainable source of protein, is a staple food in some Asian countries […]
Europeans now rarely eat seaweed, but it was an important part of their diet until the late Middle Ages, archaeologists said Tuesday, calling for the eco-friendly aquatic plant to be put back on the menu.Karen Hardy, an archaeologist at Scotland's University of Glasgow and the study's lead author, told AFP that aquatic plants were "very likely eaten over a much more wide timescale than we found".
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