How did ancient humans see tall growing grass (wheat), think to harvest it, mill it, mix it with water then put the mixture into fire to make ‘bread’?

Question

I am trying to comprehend how something that required methodical steps and ‘good luck’ came to be a staple of civilisations for thousands of years. Thank you. (Sorry if this question isn’t correct for ELI5, I searched and couldn’t find it asked. Hope it’s in-bounds.)

In: 1505

Answer 1

make sure to turn on captions – [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMZY_9QNe4I](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMZY_9QNe4I)

you can see that each step is solid on its own – the tuber doesn’t taste great, so he washes it, breaks it down, and works it till it tastes good, and after each step it tastes “better”.

Iterate on any given food, and you get modern food practice.