SC - Re: Currants vs Zante raisins
ChannonM at aol.com
ChannonM at aol.com
Mon Jun 19 05:35:07 PDT 2000
In a message dated 6/18/00 4:45:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Akim Yaroslavich
writes;
> To clear up the confusion
> in nomenclature, 17th and 18th century cookbooks called currants
> ....currants and Corinth "currants"...."raisins of the sun".
>
> Akim Yaroslavich
Thank you for the fill in Akim. Do you mind if I include this information in
the menu and feast document I am preparing? I'll be doing a feast at war for
TRM's Dag and Elayna, from Platina. I would love to spread the info you give
me here to those who will get the write up. It is invaluable to understand
the etymology of the use of the word in period vs modern interpretation.
Just to clarify; the "dried currants" available in bulk food stores etc,
really aren't currants, they are as you and Ras have pointed out, Zante
raisins?
Thanks again
Hauviette
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