SC - Chocolate documentation?

[Sue Clemenger]

In that particular case, I'd bet my fabric stash that corn=grain.  A
britishism, as opposed to an americanism, to refer to grains such as
barley, wheat, rye, etc. as "corn," (whence "barleycorn," by the way),
and American corn as "maize," or something.
- --Maire

CBlackwill at aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 4/30/00 8:15:21 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> morgana.abbey at juno.com writes:
> 
> > Those of us who are late period can have all the chocolate, potatoes,
> >  tomatoes, peppers, pumpkins, vanilla, turkey, etc that we want.  I like
> >  this.
> 
> Don't forget corn...I believe the Italians imported corn from Syria, though I
> can't find the reference again right now (still looking, though).  Also,
> according to the Larousse Gastronomique (though it does not give a primary
> source for this statement); "In Homer's time cooks as such did not exist.
> Female slaves ground the corn and prepared the food."  This brings to memory
> another reference which may place corn well within period, though it slips my
> memory at the moment.  I will find it and post it a.s.a.p.
> 
> Balthazar of Blackmoor
> 
> Words are Trains for moving past what really has no Name.
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