[Sca-cooks] Any late Italian evidence for tomato usage?

[Mark S. Harris]

Brangwayna Morgan asked:
> A shire member who is working on an Italian Renaissance feast for the fall
> would very much like to use tomatos if possible, but she is looking for
> documentation.  She has already found the info in Gerard's Herbal regarding
> their use in Spain and the "hot countries", boiled with olive oil, salt and
> pepper "as sauce to their meat".


You might want to pass the links to these files in the Florilegium on

to your shire member.
tomato-hist-art   (18K)  2/ 1/99    "You say tomato I say Xitomatl" by Lord
                                        Xaviar the Eccentric.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-VEGETABLES/tomato-hist-art.html
tomatoes-msg      (27K)  1/ 4/01    Tomatoes in period.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-VEGETABLES/tomatoes-msg.html
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