[Sca-cooks] Cowpeas (was: seljuk-era rice dish)

[Terry Decker]

Please observe that the paragraph I wrote is about linguistics and common 
names.  "Cowpea" is in quotes as a term of usage and not as the object 
itself.  My most current knowledge dates the term of usage to the late 18th 
Century.

Bear

-----Original Message----- 

Cowpeas are out of period?!? Since when? Some cursory research indicates
that they were cultivated in the eastern Mediterranean as far back as
2300 BCE. See:


Perrino, P., Laghetti, G., Spagnoletti Zeuli, P. L. & Monti, L.M. (1993)
Diversification of cowpea in the Mediterranean and other centres of
cultivation. Genetic resources and crop evolution, 40, 121-132.
DOI:10.1007/BF00051116


-- Galefridus

> Each of these names is a common name and meant to provide linguistic 
> differentiation as opposed to salability.  Each of the peas noted has at 
> least three common names in English just to add to the confusion. BTW, 
> "cowpea" is out of period.
>
> Bear