[Sca-cooks] Some new questions for an upcoming feast

[Stefan li Rous]

Nichola asked:
> Ok I would imagine that the answer here is yes but I am looking for 
> some
> backup or refutation...(Ooohhh big word eh?)
Probably not big enough to make it into the "longest" words list in the 
monthly list stats, though. :-)
> Did they eat vegetables raw in period?  (I know that greens were eaten
> raw as we have Salat... but I am thinking about the vegetables that we
> now eat raw... gourds, carrots, whatevers....)
Yes.

See this file in the FOOD section of the Florilegium:
raw-fruit-vg-msg  (13K)  2/25/02    Evidence that raw fruits and 
vegetables were
                                        eaten in period.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD/raw-fruit-vg-msg.html

Stefan
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