>On the good side, they WERE known in Europe, as curiosities at least in the >1500's. >Corwyn What's the source for that? The OED doesn't have any entries for "peanut" or "groundnut" that are nearly that early; do you know what they were called? - -- David Friedman Professor of Law Santa Clara University ddfr at best.com http://www.daviddfriedman.com/