SC - Late-period is NOT Medieval

[Stephanie Rudin]

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In 1984 I went to Spain for a semester while I was in college (the 
first time I was in college).  They lodged us with families and 
advised us to take gifts.  One of the things my roommate and I took 
over were blue corn tortilla chips (in the shape of Texas) and 
tomato/jalapeno salsa.  We were cautioned that the family might take 
offense at the chips because, in Spain, corn is considered animal 
feed.  That was only 13 years ago so what Ras is saying may still be 
applicable even now in parts of Europe.

Mercedes
rudin at okway.okstate.edu


Ras writes:

Also I would be more than a little hesitant to serve stock food to a 
gathering of nobles. Maize comes specifically to mind. As recently as 
pre-World War II maize was considered a stock food. Granted cornmeal may have 
been used by a small number of people early after it's introduction late 
period in Italy. But, once again, the customs of a few locals do not make
 its listing as a "feast" food valid unless you were to recreate a feast
suitable for service only in that particular small geographic area. Even 
today sugar beets when not processed into sugar are considered stock food. 
Peanuts upon their post period introduction were considered food fit only for 
pigs and slaves.



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