SC - Re: 12th C Anglo Norman ravioli
Philip & Susan Troy
troy at asan.com
Fri Mar 10 20:25:42 PST 2000
david friedman wrote:
>
> At 1:50 PM -0500 3/10/00, Philip & Susan Troy wrote:
>
> >No, the Anglo-Norman MSs are believed to be, with the exception of the
> >Harpestraeng MS and its relatives, the oldest known _medieval_
> >European cookbooks.
>
> I think that has to be "medieval European non-Islamic cookbooks."
> Spain is geographically part of Europe, although it was culturally
> part of the civilized world in the 13th century, before the Franks
> finished reconquering it. And there are Andalusian cookbooks that are
> almost certainly earlier than the Anglo-Norman.
Quite possibly, but I was just quoting Hieatt, to the best of my
recollection. There is undoubtedly a bit of European chauvinism where
the Middle Ages is concerned.
Adamantius
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