[Sca-cooks] Hazelnut a new world food?

[Huette von Ahrens]

Yes.  Hazelnuts were available on both sides of
the Atlantic.  The European Hazelnut is native to
Italy, Greece and Asia Minor.  Another variety is
native to England. The earliest mention was
Theophrastes in the 4th century BC.  

When the Pilgrims came to America, they found a
small, native Hazelnut, but they decided that
their native English Hazelnut was superior and
sent home for seeds.  The majority of the
hazelnuts grown in the US are decendents of the
English Hazelnut.

Huette

--- Ruth Tannahill <rtanhil at fast.net> wrote:
> 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
> 
> 
> 
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