SC - Getting people to eat period food

[LrdRas at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/2/00 7:54:38 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
baronsig at peganet.com writes:

<< Unless you were lucky enough to
 be close to a major trading route or port, being able to get spices and
 exotic ingredients was severely limited,  >>

This is inaccurate except in case of war when supply and trade routes were 
shattered. We are talking an agricultural society in the middle ages. Their 
entire culture was based on trade in agricultural products and making sure 
trade routes were safe. Wars were fought over just those issues. 

Ras