SC - Chocolate documentation?
Bronwynmgn at aol.com
Bronwynmgn at aol.com
Mon May 1 18:07:40 PDT 2000
In a message dated 4/29/2000 10:48:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
rygbee at montana.com writes:
<< Modern merchants sell Carob as an equivalent-substitute for Chocolate.
Therefore, Chocolate = Carob
Carob is demonstrably period, also called Manna or Saint John's Bread
[for the early summertime ripening of the sweet pods].
Therefore, we can call Chocolate "Mock Saint John's Bread" and eat it
too. >>
The only place I have seen this claim made is in Fabulous Feasts. Do we have
any evidence for the use of Carob, St John's Bread , or Manna (or the
equation of carob with the other two names) in the middle ages other than Fab
Feasts?
Brangwayna Morgan
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