SC - Chicken usage

Uduido@aol.com Uduido at aol.com
Thu May 22 06:22:09 PDT 1997


On Tueday, May 20, Countess Berengaria said:
Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 16:33:10 -700 MST

>Because peanuts are legumes, most people who are allergic are 
>allergic to one or the other--*either* peanuts or "tree nuts".  I've 
>never personally met anyone allergic to both.

>Countess Berengaria de Montfort de Carcassonne, OP

However, though this is useful to know, I don't know that it impacts
medieval cooking as I don't think peanuts were used. I believe they
were little used until George Washington Carver's research and
promotion of the peanut in the 19th century in the American south.

Stefan li Rous
markh at risc.sps.mot.com



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