SC - beans info
Stefan li Rous
stefan at texas.net
Thu Jun 25 22:49:16 PDT 1998
Allison asked:
>Working on
>a recipe I made up while living in Florida, using basically Caribbean
>flavors, it occurred to me to wonder if the black beans that one can get
>canned, today, are known in the Mediterranean or in Spain in period? If
>so, would any Spanish influence come via the Moors? Arabia or Africa?
>I've grown to like these beans, and would happily use them if they are
>documentable--but not in my made-up version.
>From what others have said here, I doubt they were known to Europeans in
period. However, you might take a look at this file in my Florilegium:
beans-msg (75K) 6/10/98 Medieval, old-world beans and peas. Recipes.
My files are at:
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/rialto/rialto.html
Stefan li Rous
stefan at texas.net
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