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

[Carper, Rachel]

Elewyiss jumps up and down and does the happy dance. 

Yay Regina! This site has a section devoted to Jewish History, (my
persona is Jewish), and costuming! Good find. Thank you soooo much for
posting it. I'm off for the day to play at t he new site. Yay!

Elewyiss the Jew, AoA
To be official.

-----Original Message-----
From: sca-cooks-bounces at ansteorra.org
[mailto:sca-cooks-bounces at ansteorra.org] On Behalf Of Wanda Pease
Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 9:55 PM
To: Cooks within the SCA
Subject: RE: [Sca-cooks] New World Foods in the Old World


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


>
> 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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