[Sca-cooks] Muslims with Guns, was: Irish Stew recipe

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Also sprach denterleather1:
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>>  But there were gonnes. And it is at least argued that the word comes
>>  from the Norse name "Gunnhilda" or something similar.
>>I dont think the chinese word for cannon would even be anything re
>recognized:) it was more literally dragon breather or such:) But I do
>beleive that there was no gunpowder in Europe at all till it was brought
>back from China, just cant remember what century that was. One of Polos
>trips?

Roger Bacon is said to have come up with a working formula for
gunpowder in the 13th century, fairly long before Polo's journeys.
Whether it was a case of parallel evolution or whether he had Chinese
samples to work with, I don't know.

Adamantius