SC - Something other than Hungarian and beets.

[Michael F. Gunter]

In a message dated 10/21/99 9:58:35 AM Eastern Daylight Time, njs at mccalla.com 
writes:

<< While vitamin and mineral content was out of scope in the MA, the impact 
on the body, as defined by the humors, was certainly known by some.
 
 pacem et bonum,
 
 niccolo difrancesco >>

Agreed but I see these as medical reasons. The humors were balanced not with 
regard to nutrition but rather with an eye on the 'medicinal' quality. Even a 
cursory glance at Platina will show numerous recipes that are recommended as 
medicine but which he frequently makes mention that it is of 'little 
nutritional value.' 

The main emphasis of my previous statements are as I indicated PRE-1450 and 
use in the daily household. Even if 'doctors' of the day recommended, in both 
writing and practice, various medical uses for certain foods that does not 
indicate that the people of the day paid nay more attention to them than they 
do nowadays. In fact, a quick glance at existing menus seems to indicate that 
there was little influence from prevailing medical advise incorporated into 
actual feast menus.

Ras

Ras
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