[Sca-cooks] Medieval and/or Middle Eastern Recipies containingTomatoes
Jadwiga Zajaczkowa / Jenne Heise
jenne at fiedlerfamily.net
Sun May 15 11:43:18 PDT 2005
> Ok, so I got a *little* snotty there, but I was trying to be good :)
> Thanks for the link, Regina. The footnote that showed it was the source of
> that Russian study didn't have a link, it was from Science. I'd like to see
> what the author actually said before I start quoting back.
I have it but the point of item #2 is basically that: "a center of
diversity is not the same as a center of orgin".
But for Kinjal's argument, it's useless.
> Actually, I
> think I probably won't get that deep into it, I doubt this fellow has any
> real hard evidence.
He/she is also on the SIG list; I'm wondering if he/she is getting the
issue of the tomato mixed up with the gourd? Over and over again, the
logic appears to be correct involving gourds and completely unsupported
for tomatoes.
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