[Sca-cooks] Turkeys ARE Period!

[otsisto]

I think you are thinking of maize as the new world food that was thought to
have come from Turkey. Gerard refers to it as Turkey corn And clarifies to
the reader that it does not come from Asia minor which is the domain of
Turks but through Spain from the Americans.
De

-----Original Message-----
> Johann, isn't there also some reason to think that the Turkey came in
> through the trade routes from the middle East and thought of as native to
> India or Turkey?
>
> Regina,

I'm not Johann, but I can answer that with an almost definitive "No."  While
several things are thought to have come into Europe from North America via
Asia, the connection is the Spanish trade between the Philippines and the
West Coast of Mexico and South America, the Manila galleons.  (snip)
Bear