[Sca-cooks] Pineapples was (Whole to ground spice equivalents)

[Elaine Koogler]

Thanks for the added information.  The etchings I saw were Florentine, so I
guess I extrapolated that if the information had made it to Italy, it
probably had to England as well.

Kiri
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From: "Decker, Terry D." <TerryD at Health.State.OK.US>
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Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 11:53 AM
Subject: [Sca-cooks] Pineapples was (Whole to ground spice equivalents)


> It would probably be more correct to use pineapple in a Spanish or
> Portuguese feast of the same date rather than Tudor or Elizabethean.
> Pineapples were found primarily on the mainland in Brazil.  They show up
in
> Europe around 1517 contemporary with the explorations of the South
American
> coast.
>
> Some sources credit Christopher Columbus with bring pineapples to Europe
on
> his first voyage, but I haven't found snything to support that.
>
> BTW, pineapple was also used to describe pine cones.
>
> Bear
>
> >
> >  I now know
> > that pineapple is period....late period, but I could use it in a late
> > Tudor/Elizabethan feast and be perfectly correct!
> >
> > Kiri
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