SC - French toast?

[Bonne of Traquair]

I was only commenting on the simile.

I might suggest that Platina's demise in 1481 probably has more to do with
his not using maize than being non-progressive.  

Da Vinci was known to be very progressive and might have actually used maize
for polenta.  In the 23 years after maize was introduced to Europe, Leonardo
lived primarily in Genoa (Milan) and Tuscany (Florence).  Since Tuscany
adopted the grain early on, it is possible that he encountered and used the
grain.

Bear 

> I dunno about that. But what this has to do with whether the obviously
> progressive Da Vinci or the as-yet-unproved-non-progressive Platina both
> used barley meal for their polenta, or whether Da Vinci used maize meal,
> I hope someone can demonstrate, because that, in theory, was what the
> discussion concerned. I only mentioned Platina as a substantive for the
> idea that Da Vinci may well have used barley meal also, in spite of the
> fact that maize had been discovered previously by Europeans. I'm not
> quite sure how either a supposed intellectual gulf or one of
> accomplishment (I have less trouble with that concept than with the
> former) fits into a discussion on grain use.
> 
> Adamantius
> 
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