[Sca-cooks] New World Foods in the Old World

[Wanda Pease]

I came across the mention of "indian grain" in the Medici Archives Food and
Wine section at:
http://www.medici.org/hum/topics/topicreports/FoodandWine_1Page40.html

Is "indian grain" possibly maize?  The letter is dated April 30, 1548.

Regina


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> A lot would depend on how the plants came into use.  Maize, peppers and
> squash may have come into general use through the Ottoman incursions which
> put it into the hands of the general populace rather than as
> delicacies for
> the noble's table.
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