SC - New World Foods-rant
lilinah@earthlink.net
lilinah at earthlink.net
Wed Feb 9 13:35:35 PST 2000
Couple small OOPS-
lilinah at earthlink.net wrote:
> turkey, beaver, raccoon, possum, bison (American buffalo), and other
> animals i'm not sure of - and there must be a whole lot of indigenous
> fish...
Beaver are new world. They are included in the Beastiaries (which are,
of course, In The Basement). We associate them with the New World
because of the beaver trade- but fact is, they had become endangered,
and that is why Europeans were so thrilled to discover a seemingly
inexhaustible supply in the New World.
> nuts such as pecans, Brazil nuts, Macadamia nuts (cashews are Asian,
> peanuts aren't nuts), hmmm, filberts?
I think hazelnuts are English, but I couldn't swear an oath on the
matter.
'Lainie
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