[Sca-cooks] Romans + Mint

[Suey]

Terry Decker wrote:
> The earliest references to mint of which I am aware are in Mycenaean and, 
> according to one source, appear to be in common use in the earliest 
> writings.  This would place the knowledge of mint in Pelloponnesus between 
> 1600 and 1200 BCE.  Since Mycenaean is a direct ancestor of Hellenic Greek, 
> it is probably the "earlier source" suggested.
>
> Bear
>   
As yall have made me review my homework today that's my inclination too. 
Where did you find that?
Johnna Holloway gave us this web site listing medieval texts, recipes 
using mint:

http://www.medievalcookery.com/cgi-bin/search.pl?term=mint&file=all
Fantastic! Thank you so much. Spared me hours of work for those that I am trying to cite. Spoiled me! Missed no Sent Sovi citations. As that is the most difficult all for me I keep trying to find a way to cheat by finding a translation into Spanish or English to correct my crude interpretations. I found on the web today that Tamesis is preparing an English version with Barcelo and a Castellan translation is underway. If and when anyone gets wind of either please send notify us all! 
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