[Sca-cooks] Millet question (was What Crusaders ate in the Levant)

[Vincent Cuenca]

Anahita scripsit:
   >
   >>This page synopsizes some information from archaeological digs:
   >>http://www.stlcc.cc.mo.us/fv/users/mfuller/sca/DietCrusader.html
   >>Although the bibliographic information is sketchy, it looks like the
   >>original sources can be tracked down.
   >>
   Hey, I know these guys!

Michael and Neathery de Safita (mka the Drs. Fuller) are with the Barony of
Three Rivers, and they're great folks.  Michael just asked me about
consumption of millet; apparently analysis of bones is turning up certain
trace elements that only appear when millet is part of the diet.

Now, I've read the Florilegium articles on grains and found the references
to Taillevent, Platina, and Granado, but can anyone come up with more?
Specifically, was millet considered animal fodder and famine food, or an
acceptable part of the diet?  The references already mentioned seem to
indicate that millet was acceptable, although not necessarily popular.

Brighid, do you know if that agricultural manual is still up on
cervantesvirtual.com?

Thanks,

Vicente




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