[Sca-cooks] potatoes, corn and tomatoes

[Stefan li Rous]

Linda in PA asked:
> But, like corn and tomatoes, I wasn't
> sure when things got universally available as in grown in Europe.
>
> When did corn and cornmeal come into bread making etc?
More Florilegium files for you.
In the FOOD-VEGETABLES section:
16C-Tomato-art    (16K)  9/ 5/02    "Sixteenth Century Italian and 
Spanish
                                        Tomato References" by Johnnae 
llyn Lewis,
                                        Helewyse de Birkestad, and 
Brighid ni
                                        Chiarain.
tomato-hist-art   (18K)  2/ 1/99    "You say tomato I say Xitomatl" by 
Lord
                                        Xaviar the Eccentric.
tomatoes-msg      (32K) 11/ 7/03    Tomatoes in period.

In the FOOD-BREADS section:
maize-msg         (37K)  3/28/02    Discovery of maize (Indian corn) in 
the
                                        Americas and its introduction to 
Europe.
polenta-msg       (22K) 10/ 1/01    Period polenta. Wheat and maize 
polenta.
grains-msg        (68K)  3/ 2/03    Medieval grains. Recipes. Cooking.
flour-msg         (60K)  5/25/02    Types of flour. Sources. Period 
flour.

Stefan
PS: I've heard that if you go to the main SCA website, www.sca.org 
there is a way to enter your regular address (perhaps the zip code?) 
and they will tell you the closest groups and give you some contact 
info. However, that info may be a bit old, so perhaps the folks on this 
list can give you better contact info.
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THLord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
    Mark S. Harris           Austin, Texas          
StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
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