[Sca-cooks] question

[Adele de Maisieres]

Missy Ross wrote:

>Potatoes are they period or not?  I have heard like
>yes from many and no from many...just curious what you
>guys thought.  Although this has probably came up
>before but take it easy on the new kid eh?  <g>
>  
>

Potatoes come from the New World.  The first references to potatoes in 
English cookery-books appear in the 16th century, but these are probably 
to the sweet potato (what we in New Zealand call kumara). 

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Adele de Maisieres

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