SC - peach mead?

[Nick Sasso]

> The way my version of Apicius reads is that they had peaches in ancient
> Rome
> and not apricots (checked the latin recipe name with the dictionary -
> there's no mistranslation).
> 
> 
> Glenda.
> --------------------------------
> Glenda Robinson
> Flamberge Computer Services
> glendar at compassnet.com.au
> 
According to Trager's The Food Chronology, about 140 B.C. apricots and
peaches were brought out of China into the Near East.  About 65 B.C., Pompey
introduced apricots, peaches and plums into the Roman orchards.

The source is a questionable, but it gives a starting point for finding
meatier information.

Bear
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