[Sca-cooks] RE: Plums

[Stefan li Rous]

  Radei asked me (I think):
> You reference Cato, but do not make the distintion of which, the
> Elder or the Younger? just curious. thanx

I have no idea. I know I've heard the name "Cato" before, but I'm not  
really sure who he was, much less that there were two of them. Were  
they father and son? If so, it doesn't seem like the time difference  
would make much difference on these plum references.

I would try contacting Baron Akim, whom I was quoting. He used to be  
on this list, then could read it, but for some reason, not post. I'm  
not sure if he is still monitoring it or not. I believe his email  
address given in the article should still be correct. Or go look at  
the actual article in the Florilegium, so you can get to the  
footnotes, and see what the actual source says.

Stefan

>    ----- Original Message -----
>    From: "Stefan li Rous"
>    To: "SCA-Cooks maillist SCA-Cooks"
>    Subject: [Scacooks] RE: Plums
>    Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 01:33:46 -0500
>
>    Well, here is what Baron Akim Yaroslavich has to say about plums in
>    his article on period fruits in the Florilegium:
>    Period-Fruit-art (60K) 1/13/02 "Fruit of Period Times" by Baron
>    Akim Yaroslavich.
>
> >>>>>>
>    PLUMS
>  ...Damsons are a variety of bullace
>    plum well known in Roman times, and imported from Damascus in
>    Syria, hence its name (94). At the time of Cato, Romans were
>    familiar with prunes but not the plum tree itself (95). ...
>    <<<<<<<
>
>    You'll have to go look at the article to get all the footnotes.
>
>    Stefan
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