[Sca-cooks] Food in 1632? sorta OP/OT

[Stefan li Rous]

  Johnnae llyn Lewis commented:
> Given that the 30 Years War would have been waging then,
> your setting needs to decide which side the community would have
> been located in--- Catholic or not? Fish days or not?
Good point. Or were the restrictions already fading on the Catholic 
side, too? Or were they actually being stiffened to differentiate the 
"good" people from the "bad" people?
> Where would one get the tomatoes for the chili and spaghetti?
Not to mention where would one get the chili peppers or even the pasta 
or hard flour to make the pasta from. The peppers were in Europe, but 
in southern Europe in Spain and Italy, not Germany. Even if they were 
obtainable, I think this might hinge on whether we are talking about 
upper class or lower.

Stefan
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