[Sca-cooks] Tomatoes

[marilyn traber 011221]

> So locally they could have been accepted even earlier like in Spain 
> specifically . Or at least gathering acceptance as a food item in 
> general. Which would give Valencia Paella a better chance of being 
> even earlier then I  are thinking. So 1550-1600 for Valencia Paella  
> sounds reasonable. I keep going back that far cause some where in my 
> notes is a City celebration before 1600 hundred which mentions 
> Paella. Got to go find that laters. Anyway last item on a long list 
> of research was tomatoes much thanks. Unfortunately Grewe`s is not 
> in the local Library yet, and I have seen nobody with a copy either. 
>  I have a request in for it but it might make it here in time to 
> use. So I am one of those going Who, cause up to now I never 
> actually had the pleasure of reading him. But I am going to. Da

You might want to slow down a bit. Just because there was a dish called 
paella pre-1600, doesan't mean it contained tomatoes. As an example for 
comparison, there was most definitely a dish called gazpacho pre-1600, but 
extant recipes show no tomatoes- it seems it was called gazpacho because  it 
used soaked bread as a thickener.

Phlip