[Sca-cooks] Hazelnut a new world food?

[Ruth Tannahill]

Regarding nuts, I'm prepared to wager hazelnuts in some species or another
are Old World.  I could well be mistaken (and often am), but I believe there
is reference to hazel trees in Celtic mythology. If you've got the tree,
you're going to have the nut.

Could this be a case of a food being available on both sides of the
Atlantic?

Berelinde

> The Concord grape is New World.
> > New World foods include bison, dog, iguana, wild pig, turkey, moscovy
> > duck, rabbit, fish, shrimp, shellfish, eggs of duck and other birds,
> > frogs, corn, beans, lima beans, zucchini, pumpkin and squash, potato,
> > sweet potato, peanuts, tomatoes, tomatillos,  ground cherry (a
> > relative of tomatillo, not a cherry), cacao (chocolate), vanilla,
> > chilies, peppers, pineapple, sunflowers, jerusalem artichokes,
> > strawberries, blueberries, cranberry, raspberry, blackberry, black
> > raspberry, custard apple, papaya, guava, avocado, cashew, currant,
> > gooseberry coconut, arrowroot, chayote, star fruit, brazil nuts,
> > black walnuts, pecan, hazelnut, wild rice, allspice, crabapples, key
> > lime