[Sca-cooks] *Sigh* That tomato thing - again

[Chass Brown]

Vinegar stewed tomatoes? Ewwww 

Chass Brown A.K.A.
Charinthalis Del Sans of the portable chariot. 
Honorable Recruiter of the House of the Red Shark.
Rear Admiral Northern Region Ansteorran Royal Navy -      Ship the
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Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 2:40 PM
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Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] *Sigh* That tomato thing - again


On Oct 2, 2006, at 3:25 PM, Chass Brown wrote:

> The only thing I took exception to was "Common Use" statement. I do  
> suck
> at research but as I said my wife takes up my slack for me :).

Look at it this way for a moment -- we know tomatoes are period. So  
are leek pottage, 16th-century Spaniards, and Carolingian Franks. Is  
having the Frank eating the leek pottage (remember, both are  
"period") a better, or a worse, example of a historical likelihood  
than that same Frank eating the vinegar-stewed tomatoes?

This is where concepts like "commonplace" and "typical" come into  
play, and why I dislike the term "period".

Adamantius