[Sca-cooks] Vegetables and are you all still there?

Johnna Holloway johnnae at mac.com
Mon May 12 11:04:36 PDT 2008


And here we can once more tell everyone that the award winning
BEANS A History by Ken Albala is well worth the price. Old world beans
versus new world ... it's all in there.

Johnnae

Lilinah wrote:
> I wrote:
>> Most beans, as we know them today, are New World. While it appears 
>> that some New World beans (i'm not sure which ones... Bear? 
>> Adamantius? Anyone else?), Martino, being 15th C., would not have had 
>> them.
>
> Ah, nothing like leaving out a significant clause. I meant to say:
> While it appears that some New World beans were adopted by Europeans 
> in the 16th C. (i'm not sure which ones... Bear? Adamantius? Anyone 
> else?)...




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