[Sca-cooks] Food Origins

[Daniel Myers]

Quoted from Christine Seelye-King - 5/22/02, 6:57 PM -0400:

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>Middle Eastern/ Mediterranean Foods
>Broccoli (late period)

Oooh!  Pet project of mine!  What evidence have you found to support this?
I have a very strong suspicion that modern broccoli (as well as
cauliflower) only remotely resembles anything available in period.


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