[Sca-cooks] Getting Proactive

[Sharon Palmer]

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>But Wikipedia in the entry on Spices already states:
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>"A popular modern-day misconception is that medieval cooks used
>liberal amounts of spices, particularly black pepper, merely to
>disguise the taste of spoiled meat. However, a medieval feast was as
>much a culinary event as it was a display of the host's vast resources
>and generosity, and as most nobles had a wide selection of fresh or
>preserved meats, fish, or seafood to choose from, the use of ruinously
>expensive spices on cheap, rotting meat would have made little
>sense.Footnote 6."
>
>The footnote cites Scully, pp. 84-86.
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>It's there already in Wikipedia.>>>
>
>Perhaps it needs to be listed under foods,cuisine, or meats of the middle
>ages and renaissance as not everyone would think to look under spices.
>
>De
>
I've edited a few Wikipedia articles, its not hard, but I'd be happy 
to help if you want to write up something appropriate.

Ranvaig