Known | Unknown |
Apple Apricot Banana Bilberry Blackberry (Northern Europe) Cherry Currant Date Fig Gooseberry Honeydew Melon Lemon Orange Pear Plum Pomelo Pomegranate Quince Raspberry | Acai (South America) Avocado (South America) Blueberry (North America) Boysenberry Cape Gooseberry Carambola Cranberry Custard Apple Cumquat Grapefruit Guava Kiwi Fruit Loganberry Loquat Lychees Mandarins Mango Passionfruit Rhubarb |
Those that need special consideration
- Limes Only known in the Mediterranean during period
- Mulberry Known to Persia did not arrive in Europe until after 1500
- Nectarines Persion did not arrive in Europe until sometime after 1500
- Orange Earlier periods would have only seen the bitter seville type orange later periods sweeter varieties were available
- Persimmons Once again a Persian treat known mostly to the East
- Pineapple A new world native was cultivated in Spain in the 15th century but didn't hit the tables of Europe until the middle of the 16th century
- Rockmelon/Watermelon Only known to the far east during SCA period
- Strawberries In period these little gems were tiny much like the tiny wild strawberries that we have today
- Tomatoes Were always yellow popular in Spain and Italy after 1500 but never eaten in England
Sources
Dickson, Margaret (1971) Travels in Time: Eating and Drinking Banks and Co, Edinburgh, ISBN 0 71587 0896 1 (for children only)
Dickie, John (2007) Delizia! The epic history of Italians and their food Hodder & Stoughton, London ISBN 978 0 340 89641 9
Norman, Jill (1990) The Complete Book of Spices RD Press, Sydney, ISBN 0 86438
Rogers, Jo (1990) What Food Is That? Weldon Books, Sydney, ISBN 1 86302 091 8
Soyer, Alexis, (1977) The Pantropheon or A history of food and its preparation in ancient times Paddington Press, London, ISBN 0 448 22976 5
Toussaint-Samat, Maguelonne (trans Anthea Bell), History of Food, ISBN 0-631-19497-5
Usherwood, Stephen (1972) Food, Drink and History David & Charles, Newton Abbot, ISBN 0 7153 5657
Watson, A. M. (1983) Agricultural Innovation in the Early Islamic World: The diffusion of crops and farming techniques 700-1100 Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
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