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[LrdRas at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/5/98 1:33:18 PM Eastern Standard Time,
heilveil at students.uiuc.edu writes:

<< Were these Euro-berries used in recipes in period? >>

According to Waverly Root, all the strawberries used in period recipes were
wild strawberries. From another post I recieved privately the alpine
strawberry was restricted in it's location to higher elevations. We have no
evidence SFAIK that this specific berry was used in recipes but since we have
no evidence it wasn't used and evidence that wild strawberries were indeed
used I would venture the opinion that it's use would be far more accurate than
using the Native American wild strawberry. But NA strwberries would be closer
than commercial varieties. It is all a matter of degree, I would think. :-)

BTW, there were no cultivated varieties of strawberry in existence although
wild strawberries were transplanted to gardens to make them a little more
convenient for harvest purposes.

Ras
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