[Sca-cooks] Non-Europeans (mostly, but not completely, OT)

[El Hermoso Dormido]

On Wednesday 08 May 2002 12:46 pm, Decker, Terry D. wrote:
> The idea that spices came to Europe from Polynesia is an error.  Polynesia
> is one of the three main division of Oceania and covers roughly the area
> between Hawaii, New Zealand and Easter Island.  Most of the spices came
> from the South China Sea west into the Indian Ocean.  Oceania is to the
> east of the major spice areas with Micronesia being the closest to the
> spice islands.

Argh, you got me.  I have this bad habit of thinking of the entire mass
of islands from the area of southern Asia and on as "Polynesia".

Signed,
El Hermoso Dormido, whose lame excuse is "Sorry, I went to a public school..."