SC - Cucumbers and the SCA
Stefan li Rous
stefan at texas.net
Sun Apr 8 00:24:53 PDT 2001
Jadwiga Zajaczkowa replied to my message mentioning my cucumbers-msg file:
> > As that is only a recently created file, it is also possible that there
> > is other period cucumber evidence scattered in other files there.
>
> I don't know if it's in any other files, but this study cites seeds of modern, small seeded cucumbers found in an archaeological dig in Gniezno, Poland, in a 12th-century setting (in other words, in the layer that indicated the material was from the 12th century):
>
> "Archaeobotanical Evidence for Food Plants in the Poland of the Piasts (10th-13th Centuries AD)", M. Polcyn. Biological Journal of Scotland, vol 46, no 4, p 533-537.
Well, I doubt it is in any of my other files. However, as soon as the
cucumber-msg file and the fd-Poland-msg files next get updated, it will
be. :-)
Thanks.
Stefan
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