SC - OOP: Re: Harry Potter foodies

[lilinah at earthlink.net]

>In a message dated 10/18/00 12:56:26 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
>EdgarT at JM.com writes:
>
>>  BTW... I have heard a lot of controversy regarding pumpkins.  Are they
>>   period or not?  I would like to incorporate pumpkin soup in a feast
>sometime
>>   if they are period.
>> 
>>   Rivka
>I believe we covered this at one point and decided that pumpkins as we know
>them--the big orange lovely things--are New World. However, many squashes
>that were period would impart the same flavour if cooked like a pumpkin pie.
>And, in commercial piemaking factories, a lot of the pumpkin that comes
>canned today has more squash to it then pumpkin. Someone told me once they do
>that because it gives a better color to the pie.
>
>Lars

Sorry, squashes are also NOT European in origin and were not known in 
"SCA period". What they ate were young tender gourds, which, IIRC, 
tend to be green or pale green.

Anahita al-shazhiyya