[Sca-cooks] No Sugar in 10th Century??

[LrdRas at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/7/01 2:00:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
TerryD at Health.State.OK.US writes:

<< Or was heavy spicing a form of conspicuous consumption?

 Bear >>

Or was heavy spicing a myth? I think so. Certainly  a large number and
variety of spices was often used in the same dish but  that does not
translate into a large quantity of any given spice.

Ras