SC - grains of paradise article

[CBlackwill at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/3/00 6:51:35 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
caitlin_ennis at hotmail.com writes:

> I have noted as I poke into various food Encyclopedias in the bookstores, 
>  that none list "grains of paradise" as a spice (even Larousse's 
>  Gastronomique, which has othher errors, too. I think it is an interesting 
>  phenomenon, especially as other medieval or renaissance "cooking 
practices" 
>  are often mentioned in passing...

Prosper Montagne's Larousse is not a medieval cookery book, after all...It 
is, however, one of the greatest compendiums of culinary knowledge in the 
world (IMO), in spite of the relatively few errors it may contain.

Balthazar of Blackmoor

Words are Trains for moving past what really has no Name.