Corn, deer, turkey, fish, pie, tea.
They grew it and traded food and services for it.
If the food ate you then i guess its bad in health and it can be gross and dangerous.
Depending upon the colonists in question (i.e. the British subjects that colonized America) the indigenous tribesmen aided them in the cultivation of maze or corn in addition to hunting game and...
I would say: "Who ate the food?"
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