SC - Late-period is NOT Medieval
Stephanie Rudin
rudin at okway.okstate.edu
Mon Oct 27 12:00:44 PST 1997
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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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