[Sca-cooks] Partly OP: Brown vs. white rice?

[Daniel Myers]

On Feb 16, 2004, at 9:33 AM, <jenne at fiedlerfamily.net> wrote:

>> 1.  Rice wasn't grown in northern Europe in period, and all of the 
>> rice
>> they ate was imported from the far east.  Polished rice would have 
>> been
>> sent to prevent it from spoiling on the trip.
>
> Not to disagree with your theory, but I seem to recall rice was being
> grown in Italy and some other parts of the mediterrean in period.

I wouldn't deny that possibility/probability  -  Terry posted some 
details of rice production around the Mediterranean.  However I did say 
in my earlier post that I was referring to northern Europe, more 
specifically England.

- Doc


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