SC - King Midas :The Feast Recipes from U Penn

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In a message dated 10/19/00 9:22:35 AM US Mountain Standard Time, 
CorwynWdwd at aol.com writes:


> Not to nit pick.. but I'm pretty sure there was no cayenne or traces of it 
> in 
> King Midas' tomb, as it's a new world pepper.
> 
> Corwyn
> 
> 

Okay, I'll give on that one, because I myself am not sure. I do know the 
archeologist said that the cooks and chemist who were hired to do the feast 
were told to find the closest regional approximation for the area of where 
the feast originated. I'm not sure what the closest approximation of Cayenne 
would be to the regional area of King Midas. I do know the guy told me that 
the cooks had actually gone out and gathered their spices as wild as they 
could, and had the base structure analyzed to see how far off it was in 
genetic makeup from the ingredients in the tomb. Could there have been a 
relative spice of Cayenne that no longer grows, or is close enough in genetic 
structure, that grew in the region?

Lars