[Sca-cooks] Medieval thinking
JIMCHEVAL at aol.com
JIMCHEVAL at aol.com
Fri Nov 29 09:18:07 PST 2013
I'm not sure the effect of carp on native species in France was negligible.
Richard C. Hoffman writes, particularly in regard to that fish:
"Aquaculture revolutionized local ecologies and human relations with them, forming
and controlling synthetic habitats for the sake of a non-native animal and to
the harm of some native varieties."
Richard C. Hoffman, "Carp, Cods, Connections" in Animals in Human
Histories: The Mirror of Nature and Culture, edited by Mary J. Henninger-Voss, 2002
I don't know the details but Hoffman seems to feel it had a significant
effect. And in fact leaves the impression that carp was the first willfully
introduced invasive species (in France; it already existed further East).
Jim Chevallier
(http://www.chezjim.com/) www.chezjim.com
Les Leftovers: sort of a food history blog
leslefts.blogspot.com
In a message dated 11/29/2013 6:21:16 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
t.d.decker at att.net writes:
Invasive species is not a Medieval or Renaissance concept. Plant
transfers
of the period were either edible or ornamental and often were botanical
specimens. Accidental transfers might have occurred, but the impact
appears
to have been negligible.
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