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The Timucua people were indigenous to present-day Florida and Georgia. Their diet primarily consisted of maize (corn), beans, squash, and other crops they cultivated. They also hunted deer, rabbits, and other small game, as well as fished in nearby rivers and lakes. Additionally, they gathered wild plants, fruits, and nuts to supplement their diet.

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the timucuas ate beans,squash,vegetables were part of their diet,they also hunted alligators,manatees,maybe even whales,gather wild fruits like palm berries, acorns,nuts,they can also plant corn the timucuas mostly ate fish and shellfish because they were really good at cathing them.

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The Timucua were a semi-agricultural people and ate many foods native to North Central Florida. They planted corn, beans, squash and various vegetables as part of their diet. Archaeologists' findings suggest that they may have employed http://www.answers.com/topic/crop-rotation. In order to plant, the fields would be cleared with fire at first and then the soil would be prepared using various tools, such as the hoe. Later the women would plant the seeds using two sticks known as coa. They also cultivated http://www.answers.com/topic/tobacco. Their crops were stored in granaries to protect them from the insects and weather. Corn was ground into flour and used to make corn http://www.answers.com/topic/fritter.

In addition to these farming techniques, the Timucua would hunt game (including alligators, manatees, and maybe even whales); fish in the many streams and lakes in the area; collect freshwater and marine shellfish; gather wild fruits, palm berries, acorns, and nuts; and bake bread made from the root koonti. Meat would be cooked by boiling or over an open fire known as the barbacoa, the origin of the word "barbecue". Fish were filleted and dried or boiled. Broths were made from meat and nuts.

After the establishment of many Spanish mission between 1595-1620, the Timucua were introduced to foods from European culture including barley, cabbage, chickens, cucumbers, figs, garbanzo beans, garlic, European grapes, European greens, hazelnuts, various herbs, lettuce, melons, Oranges, peas, peaches, pigs, pomegranates, sugar cane, sweet potatoes, watermelons, and wheat. Corn became a traded item and was exported to other Spanish colonies.

A http://www.answers.com/topic/black-drink (ironically called "White Drink") served a ceremonial purpose, and was a highly http://www.answers.com/topic/caffeine http://www.answers.com/topic/black-drink, brewed from the leaves of the http://www.answers.com/topic/ilex-vomitoria tree. The tea was only consumed by males in good status with the tribe. The drink was posited to have an effect of purification, and those who consumed it often vomited immediately. This drink was integral in most Timucua rituals and hunts.http://www.answers.com/topic/timucua#cite_note-17 thay also est deer and bear

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They ate corn bean squash dear and many more.

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