[Sca-cooks] black eyed peas, was Spanish Pepper?
Sharon Palmer
ranvaig at columbus.rr.com
Wed Sep 14 13:48:33 PDT 2011
> > I can't say i've seen them in any European cuisine, but i
> > haven't been looking for them there.
Look at the picture "The Bean Eater" by Annibale Carracci,
clearly black eyed peas, although it's quite late period. Dating
from 1580-1590 (probably 1583-1585),
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beaneater
http://www.allpaintings.org/v/Baroque/Annibale+Carracci/Annibale+Carracci+-+The+Bean+Eater.jpg.html
It is likely, although not proven that in Rumpolt, "Bonen" means
cowpeas. (There are other words for chickpeas).
Ranvaig
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