SC - honey and peanut

[david friedman]

At 5:32 PM -0500 11/5/97, Tyrca at aol.com wrote:

> Gee, we always called this "Pooh butter" at camp - haven't had it in ages.
>  Since peanuts are either African or New World (anybody?), I'm quite sure
> it's not period, though!

I think the evidence is that they are New World, and were introduced in
West Africa early, with the result that later explorers found them in
general use there and assumed they were native.

David/Cariadoc
http://www.best.com/~ddfr/


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