[Sca-cooks] New World Foods

[Phlip]

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?

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