[Sca-cooks] Period food myths

[Decker, Terry D.]

Long pepper, Piper longum, is a member of the Piperaceae from Southern Asia.
It was known to the Romans (Pliny, IIRC) and was one of the spice imported
into Europe.  It is not related to the Capsicums.

Bear

> 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