SC - Period Chili

[Philip & Susan Troy]

> Paprika was brough into Hungary by the Turks (who got it through trade
> with
> Spain) some time after they invaded in 1527.  The general consensus is
> that it
> did not become common in cooking until after period.
> 
> Noemi
> the Paprikacrat
> Outlands
> 
I believe you'll find the Venetians between the Spanish and the Turks.  The
Venetians had an extensive trade network with the Ottomans and brokered much
of the trade between Western Europe and the Ottoman Empire.  

It is one of the reasons European coffee first appears in Northern Italy.

Bear
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