http://gherkinstomatoes.com/2009/12/18/15799/ Celebrating the Culinary History of France and her Former Colonies Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:10:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://gherkinstomatoes.com/2009/12/18/15799/comment-page-1/#comment-2107 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:51:29 +0000 http://gherkinstomatoes.com/?p=15799#comment-2107 Very interesting questions and worth pursuing, definitely.

]]> http://gherkinstomatoes.com/2009/12/18/15799/comment-page-1/#comment-2106 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:45:47 +0000 http://gherkinstomatoes.com/?p=15799#comment-2106 I wonder if there were also economic reasons that contributed to the popularity of mushrooms — besides the religious ones. Did they continue to be a key food after the Soviets disestablished religious practice? I think so. The Chernoble disaster contaminated mushrooms much more than other foods (they absorb the radiation directly from soil), so people had to avoid them; until I read this I didn’t realize that it would have been a significant loss.

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