what foods did incan people eat
Inca Food. The Incas lived in the highlands and lowlands of what is now Peru. In the lowlands the staple food was maize. In the highlands the main food was potatoes. Incas also ate peppers, tomatoes and avocados. They also ate peanuts and a grain called quinoa. Llamas and alpacas were kept for wool and for carrying loads but they sometimes provided meat.
Did the Inca eat bananas? no, the Inca's ate mainly maize, beans, squash, and potato's. During Inca times, banana's were localized to Indian Ocean trade regions, of which the western hemisphere was obv â¦ iously not a part of.