SC - beans info

[Stefan li Rous]

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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