[Sca-cooks] chile, chili, chilli

[Stefan li Rous]

Urtatim asked:
> Does anyone know of references to Europeans eating capsicums in food
> in Europe and what they thought of them?

Yes.

See this file in the FOOD-VEGETABLES section of the Florilegium. In it 
you will find references and quotes of period materials describing 
peppers including what they thought of them. You can also find 
references to paintings showing peppers hanging in the kitchen.

peppers-msg       (50K)  3/ 1/05    The introduction of peppers to 
Europe.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-VEGETABLES/peppers-msg.html

Stefan
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THLord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
    Mark S. Harris           Austin, Texas          
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