[Sca-cooks] New World Foods
Phlip
phlip at 99main.com
Sun Nov 14 08:29:02 PST 2004
Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...
> IMO, all of this would be easier, if our 'charter' was
> Medieval or Renaissance food *without using any* new world
> foods at all. i.e. we wouldn't have to even think about
> that question.
>
> ... But it can't be that easy because that is not our initial
> basis; what we have to consider is much more complex and also
> a moving target.
>
> In addition, the historical record is probably incomplete --
> can we say with certainty, when, for example, vanilla appeared
> in German cuisine? ... etc.
>
> Ever since I 'discovered' the SCA in the fall of 1996, I have
> wondered and asked, what is the timeline for the introduction
> of new world foods into the European cuisine?
>
> We should also try to establish the introduction dates in
> Europe for all non-European foods; herbs; spices.
>
> With that timeline, the solution to this sort of question
> becomes mush easier to implement.
>
> Vincenzo
Sounds like a great project. When are you going to start, Vincenzo?
Saint Phlip,
CoD
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And never a rider who cain't be throwed....
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