[Sca-cooks] vanilla

[Stefan li Rous]

Samira commented:
> My one and only
> comment....Vanilla is not period?? That is sad. Was it a New World
> food?
Correct, vanilla was a New World plant. See this file in the PLANTS,
HERBS AND SPICES section of the Florilegium for a few more details:
vanilla-msg        (7K)  4/13/00    The vanilla bean in late-period
Europe.
Stefan
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