SC - Coconuts in Period
Susan Fox-Davis
selene at earthlink.net
Tue Dec 12 10:05:58 PST 2000
But can it be carried by two swallows tied together?
<clip clop, clip clop, having a Monty Python moment>
Selene, Caid
Lee-Gwen Booth wrote:
> The question has been raised in this house about whether coconuts were used
> in SCA period in Europe. I have done some major searches on-line and have
> come up with the following facts:
>
> 1) in 1280 the coconut is mentioned by Marco Polo who calls it an Indian
> Nut;
> 2) It was first called a coconut by English explorers in 1555 because the
> indentations on the base of the nut resembled monkey (coco meaning either
> monkey or monkey face, I can't remember which.
>
> Gwynydd (who wishes to assure the List that just because it came up in a
> conversation about lamingtons does not mean that she is trying to prove that
> they _could_ have made lamingtons in period!)
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