[Sca-cooks] Earth Apples?

[Huette von Ahrens]

Actually, according to Lang, peppers were introduced into Hungary by Bulgarians who got them
from the Turks.

Huette

--- Terry Decker <t.d.decker at worldnet.att.net> wrote:

> Based on a discussion with Thomas Gloning, Rumpolt's Erdapfel translates 
> into Latin as melopepone, which is indicative of a round, ribbed cucurbit. 
> Leonard Fuchs' Herbal of 1545 shows a roughly globular cucurbit that is 
> probably a New World squash and would meet the definition.
> 
> Slightly later German sources that I am familiar with use some form of 
> Kartoffel to identify white potates and the common or Spanish potato (sweet 
> potato) uses some form of batata in most European countries.
> 
> Other things to consider:  the climate in Germany does not lend itself to 
> sweet potato cultivation; the evidence for the white potato in northern 
> Europe begins with a scientific sample delivered to Clusius in 1587; further 
> documentation suggests white potatoes were still experimental at the turn of 
> the century; maize, chili peppers, and squash appear to have been introduced 
> into Central Europe via Hungary by the Turks in the mid-16th Century.
> 
> Based on what I have found, I'd say Rumpolt's Erdapfel is a winter squash of 
> some kind.
> 
> Are you going to serve turkey at the feast?
> 
> Bear
> 
> > I'm working up a Feast menu from Rumpolt and have a question about the 
> > Earth Apples recipe. Were these sweet potatoes or squash? I'm a stickler 
> > for documentation and if it is Sweet Potatoes are there any other sources 
> > I can use to document them except this vague reference.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Lady Ljufvina "Lavender" Bjornsdottir
> > (LOO-Vee-Nah) for the Norse Challenged
> > Barony of Tir-y-Don, Atlantia
> 
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