SC - grains of paradise article

[Nanna Rögnvaldardóttir]

Caitlin of Enniskillen wrote:

>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...


Some of them might list the spice under another name. Larousse, for example,
has Guinea pepper (only three or four lines of text, though). The Oxford
Companion to Food uses the name Melegueta pepper. Malagueta pepper is
another variation.

Nanna