Peas originated on our border
Peas
originated on our border
- New York Times, 08:43,
June 13, 2002
A snippet from the Times: Peas arrived in America in the 18th century; Thomas Jefferson raised 30 different kinds at Monticello. But the Greeks and Romans were eating them centuries before Apicius had several recipes for peas in his cookbook and the oldest find of peas, at least according to Waverley Root, was carbon-dated to 9750 B.C. on the border between Thailand and Myanmar. (Of course leave it to the French to raise the pea to a level now reserved for beluga caviar: In the court of Versailles, they curried favor with the king by sending him peas.)
A snippet from the Times: Peas arrived in America in the 18th century; Thomas Jefferson raised 30 different kinds at Monticello. But the Greeks and Romans were eating them centuries before Apicius had several recipes for peas in his cookbook and the oldest find of peas, at least according to Waverley Root, was carbon-dated to 9750 B.C. on the border between Thailand and Myanmar. (Of course leave it to the French to raise the pea to a level now reserved for beluga caviar: In the court of Versailles, they curried favor with the king by sending him peas.)
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