SC - Re: sca-cooks V1 #246

[L Herr-Gelatt and J R Gelatt]

Excerpts from internet.listserv.sca-cooks: 21-Aug-97 Re: SC -
non-chicken eggs by Philip & Susan Troy at asan 
> There IS a subtlety mentioned in one of the late-period or post-period
> sources, which calls for making a giant artifical hard-boiled egg out of
> a dozen hen's eggs. That's about the closest I can think of, offhand. If
> I remember correctly, the eggs of reptiles have no albumen in them, so
> there is no "white" to speak of. If you boil an alligator egg, I
> understand that the yolk cooks as you might expect, but the clear liquid
> remains just that.
> 

I believe it's the Book of Good Spice (whose German Name I don't
remember at the moment), so end of the 15th C.

toodles, margaret 
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