[Aztlan] Modern Mexican Cuisine Text

[Diehl, Richard]

Dear Mary,

Your are right on! Yes, bell peppers are American in origin. Living IS learning. Thanks.
Dick

-----Original Message-----
From: Mary Hopkins [mailto:mhopkins at fas.harvard.edu]
Sent: Tue 6/5/2007 9:36 AM
To: Diehl, Richard
Cc: aztlan at lists.famsi.org
Subject: Re: [Aztlan] Modern Mexican Cuisine Text
 
Bell peppers? I thought all the peppers were American in origin. MH

On Tue, 5 Jun 2007, Richard A. Diehl wrote:

> Modern Mexican Cuisine Text
>
> So what foods were not here before the Spanish Conquest? Well, just a 
> partial list includes the following animals: cattle, pigs, goats, sheep, 
> chickens, European ducks, and domesticated rabbits and bees. Among the 
> plants we find rice, wheat, grapes, olives, sugar cane, lettuce, 
> cabbage, bell peppers, onions, garlic, cinnamon, coffee, tea, apples, 
> citrus fruits, watermelons, cantaloupe, cumin, and cilantro.