medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Not to mention Empedocles' "Wretches, utter wretches, keep your hands from
beans."
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From: "John Dillon" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 6:43 AM
Subject: Re: [M-R] pulses and legumes
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> Centuries before the European discovery of the Americas, the ancient
> Romans already made major dietary use of at least the following legumes:
> fava beans, lentils, peas, and chick-peas. Pythagoras' famous
> injunction to his adherents to abstain from beans indicates that these
> were used dietarily in 6th-century BCE Magna Graecia (this makes the
> topic about religion, BTW).
>
> Best,
> John Dillon
>
> On Wednesday, November 16, 2005, at 5:18 am, Laura Jacobus wrote:
>
> > Apologies for cross-posting and for the fact that this isn't about
> > art or religion.
> >
> > I once read in a newspaper that legumes and pulses weren't
> > introduced into European diets until the discovery of the Americas
> > (though they were used in southern and eastern mediterranean).
> > Does anyone know offhand of a scholarly reference for this?
> >
> > (The context, if you're wondering) is explaining the stocky nature
> > of Giotto's peasants in the Arena Chapel.
>
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