[Sca-cooks] Simple and Authentic

[Dunbar, Debra]

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> Uh, Misha, do you have any evidence that this would be period Russian
> food? Were goats common in Russia? I have no idea. Or is feta cheese
> from sheep milk? But even more, I doubt olives will grow there, at
> least in what I think were the period boundaries of Russia. Would
> they import them? I don't think so. I don't think they show up in
> English texts. And shipping them to England would be easier than to
> Russia.
>
> Anyone else have any comments yea or nay on this?
>
	  Don't know any of this, but I can show that there was a Near/Mid
East influence that spread up through Russia, Estonia, and Latvia through
the techniques and patterns of medieval sock knitting.  I don't know if this
would prove actual trade, though.  OT, so if anyone wants my references,
please e-mail me.
	Wrynne