SC - Currant history (Was Currants vs Zante raisins) Long

[LrdRas at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/20/00 10:49:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
ringofkings at mindspring.com writes:

<< I hope that we can eventually come to agreement and
 collaborate on a useful paper or something.  I apologize
 if my clumsy attempts have been unclear on this subject to
 both you and Ras.
 
 Akim Yaroslavich >>

>From your descriptive letter, I don't think we have any disagreement per se. 
Whether currants (Ribes) were used extensively in early modern cookery really 
is of little interest to me but your arguments supporting your position 
appear to be very persuasive in that context. Most certainly they were not 
used extensively, if at all, in medieval cookery (before 1450 CE). I had 
thought you were trying to apply information dating from 1575 CE as a basis 
for assuming that that information was true before that date. Obviously I was 
mistaken.

I am aware of your knowledge in both horticulture and botany, and think of it 
as at least equivalent to my own in most areas and, of course, surpasses me 
in other areas. We have had several very enlightening discussions in the past 
in those fields and hopefully will have many more. :-).

Ras
NOTE: Also my apologies for quoting the text I did as yours if it were not. I 
rarely if ever read the source of a post, preferring to judge the post on 
it's content. The originator of any particular post is of little or no 
importance to me in this forum. private posts are a different matter. To 
avoid confusion in the future, bear in mind that the quoted text itself is 
the basis for my comments and not the poster. If a person includes material 
that was taken from another post but does not list the originator, my posts 
always show the source of the post where I noticed the 'quote' first. Not the 
person that actually wrote it.