SC - Pimienta

[LrdRas at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/23/00 8:06:23 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
Mordonna22 at aol.com writes:

<< The recipe Tolhouse sent included a reference to pimienta.  Would this be 
 black pepper, or long pepper, or does this mean it's a New World pepper, 
 which would certainly place the recipe much later than it's represented. >>

I would say pepper. The word 'pimienta' means both pepper and allspice. Since 
the recipe predates the introduction of allspice, black pepper would be the 
logical choice.

Ras
============================================================================

To be removed from the SCA-Cooks mailing list, please send a message to
Majordomo at Ansteorra.ORG with the message body of "unsubscribe SCA-Cooks".

============================================================================