SC - Re: speaking of peanuts...
CorwynWdwd at aol.com
CorwynWdwd at aol.com
Sat Apr 7 11:56:04 PDT 2001
In a message dated 4/7/2001 2:38:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ddfr at best.com
writes:
> 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?
I will admit here and now without reservation that the entire missive I sent
was the result of personal memory and a quick websearch. If and when I find
my herbals I'll try and quote something more substantial.
Every "History of the Peanut" on the web states that they were used as slave
food by the Portuguese in the 16th century. That in itself is hardly proof,
but I also remember a reference in one of my herbals, and I THINK it was
Gerard's. I clearly remember a woodcut illo in the right style. People can
remember all kinds of things though.
The point of the Email was that peanuts weren't really known widely in
period, and aren't African in origin.
Corwyn
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