SC - An example of what Most people think was eaten in Period

Tue Nov 28 17:21:41 PST 2000

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In a message dated 11/28/00 9:28:13 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
ekoogler at chesapeake.net writes:

> And was it used in European cuisine?  I've never seen any reference to it, 
> but then I'm no expert and certainly have not studied every single book 
> that's out there.  

There is a realistic illumination dating from a 14th century manuscript that 
clearly shows the yard long bean illustrated. Unfortunately the accompanying 
text has nothing to do with herbs at all. A photograph of a stem, leaf, bean 
segment of a yard long bean plant from my garden laid beside the illumination 
exactly matches it in EVERY detail. Similar photos of other bean species 
don't come close. I am preparing an article on this as well as other plants 
that I think can be identified clearly in manuscript illuminations and it 
should be out in some form or the other by next fall. The main hindrance is 
growing and photographing the plants. Some years some things succeed in the 
garden and other years they don't. :-)

Ras
The test of good manners is to be patient with bad ones.- Solomon Ibn Gabirol

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<HTML>In a message dated 11/28/00 9:28:13 AM Eastern Standard Time, ekoogler at chesapeake.net writes:
 
 
 <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">And was it used in European cuisine?  I've never seen any reference to it, but then I'm no expert and certainly have not studied every single book that's out there.  Anyone know of such a thing? </BLOCKQUOTE>
 
 There is a realistic illumination dating from a 14th century manuscript that clearly shows the yard long bean illustrated. Unfortunately the accompanying text has nothing to do with herbs at all. A photograph of a stem, leaf, bean segment of a yard long bean plant from my garden laid beside the illumination exactly matches it in EVERY detail. Similar photos of other bean species don't come close. I am preparing an article on this as well as other plants that I think can be identified clearly in manuscript illuminations and it should be out in some form or the other by next fall. The main hindrance is growing and photographing the plants. Some years some things succeed in the garden and other years they don't. :-)
 
 Ras
 The test of good manners is to be patient with bad ones.- Solomon Ibn Gabirol</HTML>

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