[Sca-cooks] olives in period Russia

[Stefan li Rous]

Jadwiga Zajaczkowa said:
> > If olive oil was in northern Europe only as a fast day
> > substitute, would this be the case in Russia which was
> > Orthodox Christian and not Roman Christian?
>
> BTW, other oils such as poppyseed, hempseed and flaxseed were used.

Used where? In northern Europe? Or do you mean in Russia?

Which of these plants were grown in northern Europe? If there are
native plants that oil can be extracted from, does this mean that
it is less likely that they would have paid the price to import olive
oil? Or would taste (or even the extra expense) mean that olive was
still preferred?

Hmmm. Northern Europe did grow flax, so I guess they would have
had at least one of those oils.

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