ANST - Period ... tofu?

Chiang chiang at odsy.net
Fri Feb 26 16:52:55 PST 1999


  The Han Dynasty ended about 220 or so. The dynasty that I believe you are
referring to would be the Tang or Sui dynasties. Marco Polo was in the court
of Kublai Khan. That would be the Yuan Dynasty. I still have a hard time
keeping them all straight.
  As Mistress Meadhbh has said, tofu was introduced in the Tang Dynasty.
That would put it between about 618 - 906 AD. The Sung probably invented soy
sauce to give it a better taste.

  Chiang
  House Crane
  Barony of Bonwicke

  "When There Is Trust, No Proof Is Necessary. Where There Is None, No Proof
Is Possible."

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From: owner-ansteorra at Ansteorra.ORG
[mailto:owner-ansteorra at Ansteorra.ORG]On Behalf Of karl muller
Sent: Friday, February 26, 1999 5:05 PM
To: ansteorra at Ansteorra.ORG
Subject: Re: ANST - Period ... tofu?


>tofu is chinese. marco polo was in china in about 1280 to 1295. (he was
in at the chinese court of fifteen years.) even so, the silk road
carried many items and foods from china to constanstinopole, to europe.
things like oranges, roses, spagetti. i seem to remember the peak of
business on the silk road accured during the han dynasty (around 600AD i
think). so tofu may have been introduced to spain by 1300. you may want
to check my dates just to be sure.
km


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