[Sca-cooks] Recipe to cure leprosy

[Johnna Holloway]

Yes. The association is that the potato caused leprosy.
See http://www.theoldfoodie.com/2008/01/leprosy-in-time-of-potatoes.html

Johnnae

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> On Oct 12, 2015, at 10:30 AM, Susan Lord <lordhunt at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Do we have a medieval recipe to supposedly cured leprosy? I have read that black snake soup was one but know not where that recipe might be.
> Also, I have read that potatoes were first thought to cause leprosy but they are not in period.
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