[Sca-cooks] New World Foods

[Huette von Ahrens]

Herbals are good resources to find out what was
grown in a region, but not necessarily by what
was eaten in that region.  Many of the New
World plants were grown as exotics or ornamentals
but not necessarily eaten.

Huette

--- Susan Fox-Davis <selene at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Vincenzo wonders...
>  
> > In addition, the historical record is
> probably incomplete --
> > can we say with certainty, when, for example,
> vanilla appeared
> > in German cuisine?  ... etc.
> 
> 
> This is a very good question, and if you read
> German, it may be answered in
> THE NEW HERBAL OF 1543 by Leonhart Fuchs,
> available in a modern facsimile
> copy.  I do not read German but the index is in
> Latin species names, which
> helps.  Many of the plants are pictured
> including "Turkish Corn" [maize],
> capsicum peppers and various squashes like
> pumpkins.
> 
> Selene
> 
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