[Sca-cooks] Online article on medieval spices and tastes

Terry Decker t.d.decker at worldnet.att.net
Sat Mar 29 10:40:52 PDT 2008


Interesting article, but Freedman errors when he says long pepper (Piper 
longum) and black pepper (Piper nigrum) aren't related.  They and cubebs 
(Piper cubeba) are fairly close cousins.

Bear

> Paul Freedman on Medieval Tastes
>
> http://www.gourmet.com/food/2008/03/medievalspices
>
> Johnnae




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