Sweet Potatoes (Long) (was Re: SC - non-member submission - visitor to list)
david friedman
ddfr at best.com
Wed Nov 1 17:11:28 PST 2000
At 2:58 AM +1100 11/2/00, Lee-Gwen wrote:
>----- Original Message -----
>From: David/Cariadoc
>
>> potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn on the cob are all from the New
>> World, hence not medieval European. Melons and apples, on the other
>> hand, are from the Old World, hence can be medieval.
>
>We do have recipes for sweet potatoes (simply called potatoes or "Spanish
>potatoes") from just outside SCA period.
The post I was responding to, if I remember correctly, was about
medieval, not about SCA period. Potatoes and sweet potatoes, and for
all I know corn, were probably being eaten in Europe by 1600,
although I think all would have been considered exotic. But not in
the Middle ages.
Those of us in the SCA get into the habit of thinking in terms of
pre-seventeenth century as "period." It's worth being careful not to
talk as if "period" equals "medieval," however, especially outside of
the Society.
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