so let’s return to Yorke 1605 most foods in thee Towne was seasonal lyke purple and black and red and yellow carrots it wasn’t until much later that from Holland thee orange ones we know today appears it was a case of get it while it was there lyke root veg fish venison.
October 12, 2021
in 1605 ale was drank it was highly spiced and purfumed and would quickly go off .milk was regarded as for young ones and thee olde folk mead was available and even some puddings was spiced you could even make green custarde bred was made by thee miller but as flour is highly combustible miller’s often Found their mills would burst into flames
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Interesting. I see you’ve been doing your homework. I’ve tried to do a bit too and believe that cabbages were grown in England a couple of centuries before Guido was born, but green peas and beans were not yet introduced. Dried peas, beans and lentils were however and went into stews and pottage when in season. Also several different herbs.
Hi thanks for your message I just asked Jack and he told me about it did you know that potatoes it was sir watter Ryley who introduced them to England and wyth tobacco and after he came back from thee new world he was sent to thee tower of London and executed
Yes, I remember being taught that Sir Walter Raleigh brought potatoes and tobacco back with him from North America. I don’t remember being taught about his execution though probably I just forgot. It was for treason and for once not at the Tower of London but at Old Palace Yard Westminster. I think tomatoes, also from the new world, came later from S.America via Spain.