SC - Recipe from an old Gourmet magazine

[Decker, Terry D.]

> Stefan li Rous wrote:
> > 
> > Does anyone know when it was first used in Europe? I thought post 1600
> > but can't remember for sure.
> 
> For practical purposes, allspice seems to "take off" in the eighteenth
> century in Europe. One problem with clearly identifying its use is that
> it goes by several different names, virtually all of which can also
> refer to other things, such as pimiento, quatre-epice, etc.
>  
> Adamantius
> 
IIRC, it was supposedly found during Columbus' third voyage.  Which means
the first use was late 15th, early 16th century.  Popular use is open to
question.

Bear
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