[Sca-cooks] Height: Was Elizabethan Kitchens

[Cindy M. Renfrow]

>As a native-born New Jersey-ite, whenever I've gone back to visit
>I've noticed that the trees aren't as tall as they are in Ohio.
>Maybe the shortness of the women parallels the short growth of the
>trees!  Perhaps if the tree growth could be accelerated, the people
>would grow also?!? ;-)
>
>Alys Katharine

<lol> Perhaps it's due to the air pollution?
But (semi-)seriously, women's height here probably has much to do with male
preference -- mama is short, so marry a short woman who looks like mama, &
have short kids.

Cindy