[Sca-cooks] Vanilla

[TerryDecker]

Apparently the source of the Hugh Morgan association with vanilla is 
Bradford, Charles Angell, Hugh Morgan, Queen Elizabeth's Apothecary, Heron & 
Co., London, 1939.  I haven't located a copy to verify the possibility. 
Bradford was a recognized historian and author, so that may be why Dalby 
accepts the claim.

Bear


-----Original Message----- 
>
> The Hugh Morgan association is very suspect, even if it appear on the
> web and is repeated in the Florilegium.
>
> "Then, in 1602, Hugh Morgan, apothecary to
>
> Queen Elizabeth I, suggested that vanilla
>
> could be used as a flavoring all by itself,
>
> and the versatility of the exotic bean was finally uncovered."
>
> http://www.nielsenmassey.com/historyofvanilla.htm
>
> [note the source of the story]
>
> This story is repeated in the Florilegium, but cites
>
> another flavouring company.[And in 2014 kit is repeated in blogs and other 
> websites with no sources listed.]
>
> Oddly, enough Andrew Dalby repeats "It was Hugh Morgan,
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> apothecary to Oueen Elizabeth I, who is said to have
>
> suggested the use of vanilla as a flavouring for other foods."
>
> Dangerous Tastes, p.148.
>
> Johnnae