[Sca-cooks] Re:Polenta

[Terry Decker]

Much the same information appears in "Food, A Culinary History" of which,
Montanari is one of the editors.

Bear

>> There are references to the use of maize in Europe as early as 1539, but
>Durante's is the first to specifically mention polenta.  Leonard Fuchs
>states in his Herbal (1545) that maize was common, grown in many gardens
and
>used to make bread.
> Bear >
>
>I just finished reading Massimo Montanari's "The Culture of Food."  He gave
>the same time period for the use of maize as Bear noted.  He indicated that
>there were a couple of problems with documentation.  <clipped>
>
>John le Burguillun