[Sca-cooks] Period food myths

[Brian L. Rygg or Laura Barbee-Rygg]

Sweet oranges, known as Portugese oranges, were period from about 1500.

Raoghnailt

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robin Carroll-Mann" <rcmann4 at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 9:36 p.m.
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Period food myths


> On 6 Sep 2001, at 20:50, Laura C. Minnick wrote:
>
> > Sweet oranges are not period but bitter ones are
>
> Sweet oranges are (late) period for the Mediterranean area.  There's
> a dinner menu for a Spanish archbishop (February 9, 1568) that
> begins with bread, wine, and sweet oranges.
>
>
> Brighid ni Chiarain *** mka Robin Carroll-Mann
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