SC - potatoes

[cclark at vicon.net]

Mordonna the Cook wrote:
> ... Unless there were Jewish settlers in the New World prior to Columbus.

Funny that you should mention that. There was an article in _The Atlantic
Monthly_ this month about re-examining the evidence of pre-Columbian voyages
to the Americas. One bit of evidence cited was some brass bracelets that
were found buried in Tennesee. They are supposed to be in a style that comes
from the Mediterranean region almost 2000 years ago, and were accompanied by
a stone inscribed with the words "for Judea" in Hebrew writing of that
period. The Diaspora may have gone farther than we thought.

This group might have died or been assimilated before the beginning of our
period. But in the meantime, where did they get their oil? Peanuts? Pecans?
Not bear grease; that's not kosher is it? And would they have been more
likely to invent potato latkes or hushpuppies? :-)

Alex Clark/Henry of Maldon

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