South American cuisine Fernández Islands), and Antarctic krill, which was recently discovered. Tuna and tropical fish are caught all around the continent but are notably found in abundance near Easter Island. The many plains on this continent make it rich for growing foods like cereals, potatoes and quinoa. In the Patagonia region in the south of Argentina, many people raise sheep and cattle. In Brazil, a traditional dish is the feijoada, a stew consisting of beans with beef and pork. Rice and beans is also very common in Brazil. Peruvian cuisine is largely influenced by traditional Incan culture (see Incan cuisine). The consumption
Vanilla ice cream the middle of the eighteenth century, French recipes for ice cream started to include egg yolks. When the use of vanilla in foods and drinks became independent of cacao, it became more prominent in French recipes. The French used vanilla to flavor French vanilla ice cream. Vanilla ice cream was introduced to the United States when Thomas Jefferson discovered the flavor in France and brought the recipe to the United States. During the 1780s, Thomas Jefferson wrote his own recipe for vanilla ice cream. The recipe is housed at the Library of Congress. To make ice cream in the United