[Sca-cooks] Re: Millet question

[johnna holloway]

Actually the Slovenians still have a traditional porridge
that is made from millet. According to the one Balkan cookbook
put out by Prospect Books, they are the last ethnic group in
Europe that still eats millet and doesn't think of it as birdseed.
I bought some earlier this week in case my son needed another
Slovenian dish to make for a school project. Arrowhead Mills has it
small bags. Food and Drink in Medieval Poland by Dembinska also talks
about it so I would search Eastern European and Central European
sources.

Johnnae llyn Lewis  Johnna Holloway

Vincent Cuenca wrote:

> 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.snipped
> 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
>