[Sca-cooks] food question

[Stefan li Rous]

We have discussed New World and Old World foods before. In fact, we've
had a lot of dicussion of a game that is very good at demos that deals
with picking out which foods are which. I have done this game myself
after the discussions here.

While I kept some of those messages on NW/OW foods, I've not turned
them into a file. Anyone one to make a comprehensive list of foods
and whether they are old or new world, and maintain it, for the
Florilegium? This should include referances and such to back your
conclusions up. Or should folks just be referred to such books as
"Food" by Waverly Root and similar volumes?

Phlip commented:
> Well, I'd love to see your evidence that Scully
> decided coffee was New World. The Arabs brought it out
> of Asia, somewhere in the 1400s or so, and through
> them, it went to Spain, and then to the Americas- off
> the top of my head. Likely have the date wrong- just
> know that it's well out of my period.

Yes, I believe your date may be wrong, depending on which event you
are referring to. Also, it seems to have come out of Ethiopia, which
is not in Asia. Bear has posted quite a lot of material on coffee
here on this list.

So, while known in the 1400s or whenever, it was not known
in Europe until the 17th Century.

For those interested, you can find many of those comments and a
review of several books on coffee history in this file in the
Florilegium:
coffee-msg        (85K)  7/10/00    Coffee and coffee-type drinks.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/BEVERAGES/coffee-msg.html
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