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Not all food that is commonly eaten today was available in [[Europe]] in [[period]]. Various plants originated in the [[New World]] and it took a while before they were used in Europe for [[cooking]].
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*[[chocolate]] (well there is ONE specific recipe for chocolate tart that is apparently documentably pre-[[1600]] (just), but all other uses of chocolate are best proven period first).
*[[chocolate]] (well there is ONE specific recipe for chocolate tart that is apparently documentably pre-[[1600]] (just), but all other uses of chocolate are best proven period first).
*new world [[vegetable]]s
*new world [[vegetable]]s
**[[tomato]]
**[[tomato]]
**[[potato]]
**[[potato]]
**[[sweet potato]]s
**[[sweet potato]]
**[[corn]] (maize)
**[[bean]]s of the snap, kidney and lima variety
**[[squash]]
*new world [[fruit]]s
**[[pumpkin]] - although some old world gourds (nothing like the orange things) were called pumpkin
**[[pineapple]] -- (''although they are '''supposed''' to have been carved, in period, within Rosslyn Chapel in Scotland)''
**[[papaya]]
*[[tropical fruit]]s
*[[tropical fruit]]s
**[[pawpaw]]
**[[pawpaw]]
**[[mango]]
**[[mango]]
**[[pineapple]]
**[[pineapple]] -- ''see above''
*[[meat]]s
**[[turkey]]
**[[llama]]
**[[alpaca]]
**[[guinea pig]]
(''Note'' - Yes, those meats can be eaten and were by indigenous tribes.)
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Latest revision as of 00:18, 7 October 2006

Not all food that is commonly eaten today was available in Europe in period. Various plants originated in the New World and it took a while before they were used in Europe for cooking.

(Note - Yes, those meats can be eaten and were by indigenous tribes.)

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