sca-cooks SCA-ck Lard Preservation
Terry Nutter
gfrose at cotton.vislab.olemiss.edu
Sat Apr 12 22:36:31 PDT 1997
On Sat, 12 Apr 1997, Terry Nutter wrote:
> Hi, Katerine here. Lord Ras responded to someone whose name I don't recall:
>
> ><< in fact
> > my grandmother (born in 1890) taught me how
> > to store goose without refrigeration, first you
> > bake it (actually several), then, store it in a barrel
> > with the goose grease poured over it to the top of the barrel. >>
> >
> >This is absolutely true! My gram born in 1868, used to boil and pack pork in
> >lard in barrels the same way. Even after sitting in the cellar for a couple
> >of months, it was soooooooooooo good! Thanks for the memories. :-)
>
> For what it's worth: there's a medieval recipe for keeping venison that
> seals it in a container immersed in honey after cooking. The principle is
> presumably similar: the cooking kills bad stuff in the meat, and the honey
> both keeps out air and provides too rich a medium for new bad stuff to
> grow.
>
> Cheers,
>
> -- Katerine/Terry
>
I would be interested in where this can be found. I am not a familair
with late period sources as I am with early stuff would it be all right to
let me know where to look for this thanks
Aibhilin
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