[Sca-cooks] New World Foods

[Bill Fisher]

On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 07:49:26 -0500, Daniel  Phelps <phelpsd at gate.net> wrote:
> Vincenzo wrote:
> >
> Well... the project described would make a nice set of articles, an
> interesting CA or even a mundane book.  I see such as describing, based on
> anthropological research, what were the base foods available in pre-Roman
> Western Europe and then proceeding from there forward in time with the
> consecutive introduction of various food items up until 1600.  Some items
> would fall out during certain periods and then possibly return later.  Such
> a project  would establish what was period both in time and in place.  If a
> series of articles I can see it divided into obvious subject catagories with
> some cross overs; i.e. fruits and nuts, vegetables, grains, spices and
> herbs, beverages, meats etc.  Allied with this would be a discussion of the
> introduction of various cooking methods as they applied to specific items.
> 
> Daniel

That is a pretty aggressive project.  Ingredients and their uses could vary
from region to region as well.  Once you take that into consideration, it 
could become fairly staggering.   Plus who has all the documentation
to be able to research this?

Cadoc
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