SC - Medieval vs Renaissance Cooking
Decker, Terry D.
TerryD at Health.State.OK.US
Wed Feb 17 19:22:30 PST 1999
> There seems to be a dramatic difference between the two -- grains or
> paradise,
> cubebs, galengale and other popular medieval spices went out of style for
> one
> thing.
>
> Does anyone know why this happened and approximately when?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Renata
>
The change appears coincidental with the opening of direct trade between
Europe and the Far East.
I believe Hourani speculates that the change in spices may have occurred
because of problems along the normal spice routes in conjunction with above
mentioned direct trade, which initially had a lower carrying capacity than
the well established trade.
Bear
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