[Sca-cooks] Re: Old World vs. New World Fruits

[kingstaste at mindspring.com]

Old World Fruits include:
apple, pear, quince, apricot, peach, cherry, grape, raisin, orange (sour), watermelon and other melons,*  strawberries, berries, fig, plum, pomegranate, date, currant, and prune. Pineapple and bananas were known, but unusual.  
Nuts available were hazelnut, almond, pistachio, pine nuts, walnut, and chestnut. 

*Period varieties of these fruits, as well as other vegetables and even some now-extinct game animals, are similar to those we can get readily today, such as cantaloupe, honeydew, cranberries, blueberries, zucchini, and domestic rabbit.


New World Fruits include:
pineapple, strawberries, blueberries, cranberry, raspberry, blackberry, black raspberry, custard apple, papaya, guava, avocado, currant, crabapples, gooseberry, coconut, chayote, star fruit, key lime, cacao (chocolate), tomatoes, tomatillos, ground cherry (a relative of tomatillo, not a cherry);
Nuts include brazil nuts, black walnuts, pecan, hazelnut(Corylus americana), cashew, pumpkin seeds.

(other New World Foods)
bison, wild pig, turkey, moscovy duck, rabbit, fish, shrimp, shellfish, crawfish, lobster, eggs of duck and other birds, frogs, dog, iguana, guinea pigs; 
corn, wild rice, amaranth, quinoa, sunflowers, arrowroot, cassava (yuca), beans, lima beans, peanuts, zucchini, pumpkin and squash (yellow-flowered squashes), potato, sweet potato, green beans, jerusalem artichokes