I recently wrote about what ancient Greeks and Romans used to eat. But how about earlier people? If your fantasy takes place in a neolithic or even paleolithic setting, then you can spice it up (pun intended) with these early wheat recipes, courtesy of Alice Twain of Quora.

Obviously, hunter-gatherers didn’t particularly enjoy eating raw wheat. So, what they did was gather the seeds of wild grains, which were much smaller and less rich in starches than the modern-day grains. Once you have gathered them, you can use them in a variety of ways. You will still need to remove the husks, but once you get the naked kernels you can just add them to soups, stews, and other dishes.

An extra process would be to simply crack the…