[Sca-cooks] Sweet onions in period Europe

[rcmann4 at earthlink.net]

On 26 May 01,, Stefan li Rous wrote:

> > From: http://members.aol.com/oddwonder/foodhis.htm
> >
> > Historians tell us that a sweet onion was the favorite dessert of the Romans. BBB-22
> >
> > (No referance though. And the same site also says:
> > All members of the Roman empire were vegetarians until Julias Caesar. BBB-69
> >
> > So I question the validity of this site. I don’t know what the “BBB-22” is.

The site's bibliography is on a separate page:
http://members.aol.com/oddwonder/biblio.htm

BBB-22 is "Ripley's Believe It Or Not", Bonanza Books, Crown
Publishing, 1985
BBB-69 is "2201 Fascinating Facts" by David Louis, Greenwich House,
New York, 1983
Most of his other sources are similar in quality.


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