sca-cooks Transport of Foodstuffs

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In a message dated 97-04-10 11:12:47 EDT, you write:

<< Is it that the exportation of
 foodstuffs to Europe didn't begin until after period? My knowledge of
 late 15/16/17th centuries is more than a little rusty... >>

Corn was imported and grown for animal feed rather early but not eaten by
people. Hot peppers became a major agricultural crop in the mediterranean
basin by 1528.
White tomatoes were grown as ornamentals around homes in Elizabethan England.
Beans of all sorts became rather common by the 3 quarter of the 16th century.


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