[Sca-cooks] Question to the group....

[Philip & Susan Troy]

jenne at fiedlerfamily.net wrote:
>>Presumably pretty much everything they used elsewhere in the time
>>period, since only a very small number of what we would now consider
>>spices are/were indigenous to Europe. Caraway, anise, fennel, maybe
>>cumin (think umbelliferous seeds -- dill? coriander?), plus mustard and
>>horseradish.
>>
>
> Note that many British herbals claim that horseradish wasn't used until
> relatively recently. (I.e., the British didn't use it.)

Possibly. I was just referring to the fact that it grew in Europe, and
did not need to be imported.  It appears in English recipes as of the
seventeenth century. perhaps earlier.
Adamantius
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Phil & Susan Troy

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