HERB - Timeline of Food
Jenne Heise
jenne at tulgey.browser.net
Thu Jun 25 06:53:08 PDT 1998
On Thu, 25 Jun 1998, Lee Neklewitz wrote:
> >Hops introduced to England from Artois 1525
>
> Does this mean that England didn't have beer before that date???? I
> thought it was much older than that. Does anyone have any information?
Er... English beer was made without hops for much of period-- the English
had some strange belief that it was unhealthy. However, I suspect that
some hops may have been imported for beer production and other herbal
uses...
Jadwiga Zajaczkowa (Shire of Eisental; HERMS Cyclonus)
aka Aunt Bunny, mka Jennifer Heise
jenne at tulgey.browser.net
"And I think it's gonna be alright; Yeah, the worst is over now--
The mornin' sun is shinin' like a red rubber ball."
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