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Referenced in Discworld book "Monstrous Regiment

Along with ingredients and a note that you need good teeth to eat it. Not sure if this is noteworthy. It's the reason I looked this page up, though.--Cyberman TM (talk) 08:17, 14 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Maize in Horsebread?

Because Maize (Zea mays) was domesticated in North America, it would NOT have been used in horsebread until after the 15th century when trade with the Americas began. This means that a Mediaeval horsebread could not possibly have had any maize in it. Only if horsebread was still being made into the early modern period would a late form of horsebread have included maize. If any editor can provide a citation that proves horsebread was still made into at least the 17th century and thus possibly included maize, please provide it. I have just now added a Citation Needed template into the part of the introductory section that mentions that horsebread contained maize.Rigognos Molinarios (talk) 21:49, 5 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Impossible

In 1389 an act of Parliament, the Statute of Victuallers and Hostellers (13 Ric. 2. c. 8) specified that hostelers and inn keepers were not permitted to make horse bread for sale, but that it could only be made by certified bakers, and that the weight and price of loaves should be, "Reasonable after the price of Corn in the Market." This needs to be corrected since corn wasn't introduced to Europe until the 15th century.~~ Spreetz (talk) 22:19, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No dude! As in the Bible, it means grain of all kinds (and it was the 16th century). Johnbod (talk) 02:23, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I read about the etymology of corn and that makes sense! However, I have found sources that say corn was imported to Europe just after Columbus encountered the Americas in 1492 ^[1]. Spreetz (talk) 21:47, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That "corn" refers to maize, the main example of corn in American English. Dimadick (talk) 15:34, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

And it says "In fact, according to Sylvia Johnson, as early as the mid-sixteenth century, maize had been introduced to Europe, western Asia, Africa, and China." Johnbod (talk) 02:17, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

^ https://www.encyclopedia.com/food/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/natural-history-maize

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