SC - Eggplant 'confusion'
LrdRas at aol.com
LrdRas at aol.com
Thu Aug 17 16:30:51 PDT 2000
In a message dated 8/14/00 1:48:12 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
hoontw at libra.unm.edu writes:
<< The reference appears in the second
chapter where she gives a (much appreciated) run down of those foods which
are _not_ Roman due to being New World. She than includes (this is what
puzzles me) Eggplant with the list of foods which include corn, sweet and
hot peppers and turkey. >>
Her information is incorrect. Eggplant is Old World.
Ras
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