Re(2): SC - Period Recipes

[Sue Wensel]

>And perhaps I'm missing the boat but isn't the 1500's part of the time period
>we are reconstructing?  If so, what is wrong with using New World ingredients
>that were introduced and used during that time?

>Fekete Hollo Noemi

There weren't that many New World ingredients that had been introduced and
diffused throughout Europe until after 1650.  There were a few -- the potato
was beginning to be found (as animal fodder), but not that many.  Most of what
was seen were novelties.  Judging from what I know of people's reactions to
potatoes and chocolate during their introductions, New World novelties just
didn't gain widespread acceptance right away.

Derdriu