[Sca-cooks] The end of the 16th c.

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> From: lilinah at earthlink.net
> 
> We are not looking for pre-1600 stuff, we are looking for pre-1601 
> stuff. Well, most of the time pre-1601, sometimes i guess perhaps 
> pre-1651, since 1650 is the last year of the decade that began in 
> 1641.

Personally, I put the cutoff at 1500.  European cuisine started changing
too rapidly after that.  Then again, I'm an insane, elitist snob.

- Doc