SC - pork and snow peas again

[Decker, Terry D.]

> My question to Ansax-net (which they are still scratching thier heads
> about) is- did the author use the word 'beancods' with the common Broad
> beans available in England in mind, perpetuating an anachronism of his
> own, putting them in Palestine, or was he familiar with (or pretending
> the same) beans in the East? Was he referring to _his_ beans, or the
> Prodigal's supposed beans? 
> 
> 'Lainie
> 
Broad beans or favas are common fare around the Mediterranean.  They
(presumably) did in Pythagoras in the 6th Century BCE and they were
certainly well known and widely used long before that (the word Neolithic
comes to mind).  While I don't have my references handy, I don't think you
can say putting favas in Palestine is an anachronism.

Bear
============================================================================

To be removed from the SCA-Cooks mailing list, please send a message to
Majordomo at Ansteorra.ORG with the message body of "unsubscribe SCA-Cooks".

============================================================================