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[Aldyth at aol.com]

Greetings all.

I have a question regarding Pumpkin.  In Apicius, there are many recipes that 
specify pumpkin.  (Book III)  The latin word they use is cucurbitas.  Granted 
, whatever "pumpkin" they are referring to in those recipes is not what we 
have today. There are references to green string beans, and "marrow" as 
zucchini squash.  This may be where the problem lies in determining what is 
and is not "period".  How do we tell the difference between what the original 
recipe said, and the language the translaters use?

Aldyth
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