[Sca-cooks] food question

['bella]

interesting..they call it mediterrenean salad yet half the
ingredients are new world foods...
tomatoes, red/yellow/green bell peppers, green onions, cukes in
an olive oil/vinegar
base... tasty though
'bella

: >> I know tomatoes are.. but are
: >> green pepers or
: >> cucumbers?
: >
: > All of the bell and chile peppers are new world.
: > Cukes, I believe, are Old World.
:
: Cucumbers are Old World (Asia). Squashes (Curcurbitae) are New
World. Melons
: are from Asia (except watermelon, which comes from Africa).
Gourds are Old
: World, but are hardly ever eaten anymore, except the wax
gourd/winter melon
: (Benincasa), which is from Asia.
:
: Avraham
:
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