SC - Sweet and Savory

[LrdRas at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/13/00 4:18:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
TerryD at Health.State.OK.US writes:

<< Not saying you're wrong, but what is the rationale for the African origin 
of
 peanut soup?
 
 Bear >>

Slaves were fed peanuts as a matter of course. I don't know about the 
rational BUT peanut soups play a big part in continental African cookery 
today. I suspect they were early on grown in Africa to supply the slave trade 
and their use was spread throughout the South by imported slaves.

Ras
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