[Sca-cooks] Protestants prohibited spices in England?

[Elaine Koogler]

Nope...if memory serves, other spices show up in Elizabethan recipes as
well...so I am not sure about this statement myself.  I don't have any
examples at hand at the moment...but recall a cauliflower recipe that used
nutmeg, pickled mushrooms that used mace and nutmeg, etc.  As you said, I
can see it with the Roundheads/Puritans, but not with Elizabeth I.

Kiri

On 12/29/06, Stefan li Rous <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com> wrote:
>
> Susan mentioned:
> <<< I am well aware of the fact that Protestants prohibited spices in
> England with Queen Elizabeth I in the 16th Century as that was an
> anti-Roman Catholic measure. >>>
>
> Huh? What makes you say that? I could see the Puritans being against
> spices because of the wealth and ostentation that they showed, but I
> wasn't aware of the Protestants in general sharing that opinion.
> Were the Puritans ever in a position to impose their opinions on
> English (or Dutch) society as a whole?
>
> And I've been surprised at how often and where sugar shows up
> throughout Elizabethan recipes. Perhaps sugar had an exception, though?
>
> Stefan
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