tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265120836698023886.post2253935762919950240..comments2024-03-26T12:28:06.367-04:00Comments on Marie Antoinette's: Outside of Versailles: BreadLaurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06052080882886879580noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265120836698023886.post-20313187573773051092010-04-04T21:11:35.184-04:002010-04-04T21:11:35.184-04:00Corn is still the term used in Britain for grain- ...Corn is still the term used in Britain for grain- wheat, rye, barley, etc. American corn or maize is the term for, well, American corn or maze.<br /><br />Cheers,Rod McCaslinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10287293913679187542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265120836698023886.post-17775044963480467732010-04-04T12:18:10.424-04:002010-04-04T12:18:10.424-04:00@Arabella: That is interesting info. I had wonder...@Arabella: That is interesting info. I had wondered the same thing as Vinery, so knowing this makes sense. Do you know when the term stopped being general and become common only to maize?<br />@Lauren: This is a really great and timely post. It appears that fear of future loss having a negative effect on present markets has been a problem for a long, long time. Now our economies tank based on nebulous concepts like stock values; then it was due to very immediate and human-scaled commodities like food. Either way, the perception of future problems actually creates immediate ones.Paul Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09969557760934512569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265120836698023886.post-56160556705609504892010-04-02T23:57:10.256-04:002010-04-02T23:57:10.256-04:00Let them eat cake!!!
j/k! we all know she probabl...Let them eat cake!!! <br />j/k! we all know she probably didn't realy say that. <br />Thanks for the usefull information Arabella.Marquis Jacqueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00501302001229137910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265120836698023886.post-18541360522233246172010-04-02T18:14:27.129-04:002010-04-02T18:14:27.129-04:00Vinery, the term corn probably refers to wheat. T...Vinery, the term corn probably refers to wheat. The word used to be used for cereal grains in general. In the new world, what we know of as corn just happened to be a local cereal grain.Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05536293384635588296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265120836698023886.post-85968614588938541062010-04-02T17:33:33.965-04:002010-04-02T17:33:33.965-04:00So the bread was made of corn and not wheat flour?...So the bread was made of corn and not wheat flour? Their normal diet must have been very different to today's fare.Vineryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03275573061369173992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265120836698023886.post-70605983485308195562010-04-02T13:30:11.590-04:002010-04-02T13:30:11.590-04:00@Rosemary Thanks! Glad you are enjoying the site :...@Rosemary Thanks! Glad you are enjoying the site :o)Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06052080882886879580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265120836698023886.post-71347083755756036482010-04-02T10:03:41.243-04:002010-04-02T10:03:41.243-04:00just love this site...such interesting information...just love this site...such interesting information! have a great holiday !!!nycstylelittlecannolihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17796892421680736945noreply@blogger.com