[Sca-cooks] Period Sweet Potatoes

[Terry Decker]

If you think this one is fun, try The Potato Project 
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/emforum/collaborate/primary/potato/ . 
I've been clicking on the map to get reference pointers, then chasing down 
the references on Google.  If you are into potatoes and sweet potatoes, this 
is a fine place to start.

They are also looking for pre-1850 potato references and I've sent them a 
couple that don't show up on their map.  They are a little short on recipes, 
so I'm hoping some of the people on this list that have translated various 
sweet potato recipes or have early modern recipes in their cookbook 
collections will provide the project source material.  Most of my cookbooks 
and other source materials are packed and in storage, so I'm limited on the 
help I can provide.

Enjoy the site and support the project if you can.

Bear


Hampton Court has a blog about their attempt to grow sweet potatoes,
apparently a favored dish of Henry VIII.
http://blog.hrp.org.uk/gardeners/history-of-sweet-potato/

Alys K.
-- 
Elise Fleming
alyskatharine at gmail.com
http://damealys.medievalcookery.com/
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