[Sca-cooks] rice in Spain

[Stefan li Rous]

Oops. Okay, I mis-spoke. While rice didn't arrive until later in some  
parts of Europe, it did arrive in Spain early enough for the   
Anonymous Andalusian Cookbook. One message from the rice-msg file I  
mentioned:

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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 14:35:45 -0500
From: "Decker, Terry D." <TerryD at Health.State.OK.US>
Subject: RE: SC - Rice in period?

IIRC, the Arabs introduced rice from India to Spain, Cyprus and  
Sicily.  The
initial conquests in India were in 712.  Spain was invaded in 711.   
Cyprus
was taken around 683.  And Sicily was taken in the 9th Century.  So  
rice was
likely introduced to Spain and Cyprus early in the 8th Century and  
Sicily
some time in the 9th Century.

There was an abortive attempt to grow rice in Southern France late in
period.

Rice was a secondary grain because it was not used to make bread and  
most of
Europe had to import it.

Bear
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Stefan
Okay, my poor memory is one reason I created the Florilegium. Just  
have to remember to look there first...
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