[Sca-cooks] capsicums as period
Terry Decker
t.d.decker at att.net
Wed Sep 14 13:16:00 PDT 2011
Katzer has a couple of interesting tidbits. According to the long pepper
page, the term long pepper was used both for P. longum and the capsicums in
the 16th Century. The chile page points out that Spanish pepper (Dutch
Spaanese peper) derives from introduction by the Spanish. Thus, if one is
not cautious about usage at a precise point in time, the long pepper (Piper
longum) of the Roman Empire becomes the long pepper (Capsicum longum annum
or just capsicum peppers in general) of the 16th Century and Spanish pepper
becomes a Roman delicacy. I haven't found the Victorian "hysterian" who
made the stretch yet.
Bear
>
> As usual, I can't remember where I saw this, but one of the older and less
> reliable history-of-cooking books apparently did not know what LONG PEPPER
> was, and decided that it was chilies. Well, they're long, right?
>
> Maybe someone else remembers the citation?
>
> Devra (recovered from Pennsic and eager to push books again...)
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