SC - potential problem foods

[Jeanne Stapleton]

Marisa Herzog wrote:
> 
>                       RE>SC - Modern Myths-period food             10/1/97
> 
> <snip>
> The MYTH that period food was heavily spiced is just that> a myth.
> 
> I would venture to guess that this myth was  perpetuated by the entirely
> inaccurate and gastronomically hideous recipes that are found in Fabulous
> Feasts. A clearer understanding of the flavor <snip>
> 
> But then if you consider that some of the very standard "Americana" cookbooks
> contain a lot of bland food, and that many people in the past couple decades
> were raised on frozen dinners.  And some people have no experience with any
> sort of "ethnic" food.  And think of all the things that are jarred and canned
> in the stores that are generic flavored compared to the real, fresh, homemade
> version (salsa, gravy, spagetti sauce etc.)  If someone's concept of Mexican
> food is "Taco Bell", going to say Santa Fe and eating at a restaurant where
> there is homemade salsa and blue corn tortillas would probably put them into
> shock.  To many people, a well prepared period feast with herbs, spices,
> vinegars etc., might seem very exotic and over spiced.
> -brid

Count me in on all of the above, but I should point out that the idea of
"overspiced" food in both the cuisines of ancient Rome and medieval
Europe go at least as far back as the eighteenth century, based on
literary sources...

Adamantius
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