SC - Italian Ren Feast

[david friedman]

At 8:30 AM -0400 10/14/98, Linda Carey wrote:
>Micaylah wrote:
>
>> a fondness for fire roasted Butternut squash
>
>I just found a modern recipe for gingered butternut squash soup that has
>sweet potatos in it, and am making it tonight to test out.....is there
>any way this could be period?
>Thanks,
>  -  Seannach

Both squash and sweet potatoes are from the New World. Columbus was late
15th century, so it isn't impossible for New World foods to be eaten in
Europe pre-1600, but they seem to be almost nonexistent in the pre-1600
cookbooks.

Or in other words, it is possible but not likely.

David/Cariadoc
http://www.best.com/~ddfr/


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