SC - Piquant foods
david friedman
ddfr at best.com
Wed Apr 1 10:14:38 PST 1998
At 9:32 AM -0500 4/1/98, LrdRas wrote:
>Chili peppers are New World. Although they were a major agricultural crop in
>the Mediterranean basin by 1523 C.E., there is no evidence that they were used
>in cookery until much later.
Interesting--what is the evidence that they became a major crop that early?
>Middle Eastern food is spicy admittedly but in no way is it "piquant." And
>India style period feasts would also not be "piquant" at least not in the
>since that chili peppers would flavor a dish.
The one period Indian source we have does, however, produce very salty
dishes--and pretty spicy, although not with capsicum spices.
David/Cariadoc
http://www.best.com/~ddfr/
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