SC - Re: sca-cooks V1 #1459

[Decker, Terry D.]

> are cranberries period?
> 
> voldai
> 
What are commonly referred to as cranberries and high bush cranberries (two
completely different species) are New World.

A related Old World species is the karpolo (Finnish) or tranbar (Swedish,
second a umlauted).  The English cowberry or foxberry (same plant) is
probably a true cranberry.

AFAIK, they were not cultivated, but may have been gathered for use in
period.

Bear
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