[Sca-cooks] Period food myths

[jenne at fiedlerfamily.net]

> I've got about eight
> >things on the list: corn, potatoes, bananas, baking soda, turkey,
> bratwurst,
> >squash, and honey butter. I had thought of including white beans and French
> >toast (pain perdu), but if anyone can come up with something better, that
> >would be great.

Long pepper, a spice that tripped up Lang in Lang's Cuisine of Hungary (he
wondered if it was related to Capiscum); ceylon cinnamon vs. cassia.

-- Jadwiga Zajaczkowa
jenne at fiedlerfamily.net OR jenne at tulgey.browser.net OR jahb at lehigh.edu
"Are you finished? If you're finished, you'll have to put down the spoon."