SC - Medieval kosher cookery

[Philip & Susan Troy]

>to be honest, this s off the top of my head....but as I recall rice was not
>introduced to america until the mid 1700;s.....
>I also do know that it was the staple crop of the south [along with indigo]
>until
>1850......  my family still grows it, organically, sell it for a fortune to
>restaurants.
> but otherwise, I am not so sure it was available...
>and if it was, was most likely beyond the reach of much of populace
>pricewise.
>aine

Rice was imported into the Caribbean on Columbus' second voyage.

There are native varieties (both long and short grain) scattered across
both the New and Old Worlds.  Reay Tannehill in Food in History suggests
that rice appears across a broad belt in the regions which formed
Gondwanaland.  I haven't tried to chase the paleobiology on that one,
it's worse than beans.

Bear
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