"The Ranger" > wrote in message
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> Wayne Lundberg > wrote in message
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> [snip]
> > Besides that... cheese was not an 'authentic' (pre
> > Columbian) item - it came when cows got to
> > the continent. And cheeses are not used on every
> > Mexican dish, in fact, rarely.
>
> There weren't other sources of milk available pre-Columbian (i.e.:
> domesticated mammals)?
>
> The Ranger
>
The only thing close to a domesticated animal in those days seems to be the
dog, piglets and flocks of turkeys would hang around for scraps but were
never really domesticated. In Inca-land the lama and the alpaca may have
been used for milk. But not Mexico.