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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Edgar Ironpelt" data-source="post: 9559664" data-attributes="member: 32075">Yes, maize corn is out of place in settings meant to be strict counterparts to pre-Colombian-Exchange Europe. However, "corn" was, and in some contexts still is, used to refer to wheat and barley (and rye and oats) rather than to maize. Whiskey is a broader term covering American bourbon, Irish whiskey, and Scotch. The objection to whiskey as an anachronism is that distilled spirits didn't become well-known in Europe until late in the medieval period. (Per Wikipedia, "The first known written mention of Scotch whisky is in the Exchequer Rolls of Scotland of 1494.")You'll win more friends and influence more people if you refrain from attributing differing aesthetic preferences to political thoughtcrime. Even if Colombian-exchange elements get handwaved into an otherwise medievalish setting, one still might want a nod toward a world where regional cultural differences haven't all fallen to the effects of industrial-age transport. Or if you insist on injecting politics, a world where the Europe-analog nations haven't (yet) gotten all conquistador and imperialistic, and so haven't looted the non-Europe-analog nations for their cuisines.</blockquote>