SC - Indian Grain-found in the Medici Archives

[LrdRas at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/16/99 1:03:13 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
wandapease at bigfoot.com writes:

<< does Indian
 grain (grani d' India) mean corn as in maize, or is it some other grain?
 
 Regina >>


IMO, yes. Many new world foods were introduced to the rest of Europe through 
Italy including tomatoes, possibly capsicums, and a myriad of 'squash' types. 
I conjecture that this is directly attributable to Venice being the 
commercial center of the known world at that time. Alas, I have no real proof 
of my theory and am hoping that various archives and letters from that period 
will finally find themselves published in English or any form so my theory 
can be proved or disproved. 

Ras
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