SC - Corn-Early Modern

[Huette von Ahrens]

- --- Nanna Rognvaldardottir <nanna at idunn.is> wrote:
> 
> This is quite true for some parts of Europe,
> although Ras´ statement would
> be correct for Northern and Western Europe. Maize
> was very popular in many
> regions of the Balkans, for instance, and in
> Northern Italy (polenta). I´ve
> seen it called "the bedrock of the Romanian diet"
> and most Romanian
> cookbooks I´ve seen place great emphasis on
> mamalinga and other types of
> maize porridge/polenta type dishes. The same goes
> for Northern Bulgaria, for
> instance. Maize was also much used in parts of Spain
> and Portugal. (In
> Iceland, however, maize     was strictly for the
> cows and our beloved
> sheep.)
> 
> Nanna
> 
Okay, Nanna, but _when_ did these countries start
eating corn, that is the real question.  Most, if not
all, of these countries didn't start eating corn until
after 1600, true?  Not true?

Huette

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