SC - Chocolate documentation?

CBlackwill at aol.com CBlackwill at aol.com
Sun Apr 30 22:05:19 PDT 2000


In a message dated 4/30/00 8:49:38 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
Mordonna22 at aol.com writes:

> Corn was a common name for cereal grain before the introduction of maize 
from 
> 
>  the New World.  Maize is very late period at best.  The very earliest it 
>  could have been introduced is 1492, and it would have taken time to become 
>  common.  The earliest recipes we have for it are late sixteenth century 
IIRC.
> 
>  

That would explain things, I guess.  I was not aware that "corn" was a 
generic term.  Now I do, though.  Thanks bunches.

Balthazar of Blackmoor

Words are Trains for moving past what really has no Name.


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