SC - Tyrca makes Pyment again

[LrdRas]

According to Teresa McLean, in _Medieval English Gardens_ quotes a list
of fruit trees grown: "The Tower of London were planted by the royal
grdener in 1275 with:
       '100 cherry trees, costing 1s.6d.,
        500 osier willows, costing 4s.6d.,
          4 quince trees, costing 2s.,
	  2 peach trees, costing 1s.,
	    gooseberry bushes, costing 3d.,
	  a quart of lily bulbs, costing 1s.,
	  another peach tree, costing 6d.,'
she goes on to mention that"they were as expensive as quinces, and much
harder to cultivate successfully in England. They appear quite frequently
in Literature from the thirteenth century on, usually classed with the
exotic fruits" Also,Godfrey's 15th C version of De Agricultura advised
sprinkling their peach trees with goat's milk in order to get
pomegranates from them (Take that for what it's worth!) and that King
John hastened his death by indulging in 'a surfiet of peaches and ale' It
seems that going by "Gardens", that they weren't everyday sort of fruit,
but rather a royal indulgence.
Lady Beatrix
 >> > 
>> > From: Dorothea of Caer-Myrddin (Dorothy J. Heydt):
>> > 
>> > >In the south and around the Mediterranean: apricots, figs, dates,
>> > >       melons, peaches.
>> > 
>> > >From Duke Cariadoc:
>> > -----------
>> > The following list of period or
>> > near period fruit varieties is from an article in _The Miscellany_ 
>(also
>> > T.I.).
>> > 
>> > Pre 1650 Fruits
>> > 
>> > Peach
>> > Grosse Mignonne (1667)
>> > ------------
>> > 
>> > >From Gretchen M Beck (Margaret) on this list back in June:
>> > --------------
>> > In the Fruit, Herbs and Vegetables of Italy, Castelvetro mentions
>> > roasting peaches in the coals wrapped in damp paper--"Some people 
>eat
>> > peaches cooked, wrapped in damp paper, and roasted in the 
>ashes--These
>> > really are very nice".
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>> IIrc, there is a recipe for peach jam or something very similar in 
>the
>> Andalusian  cookbook in Duke Cariadoc's Collection (an earlier 
>version).
>> Unfortunately, I loaned out my copy and guess what happened? I don't
>> know if this was one of the cookbooks that is no longer being 
>printed.
>> Your Grace,  could you confirm?
>> 
>> Ceridwen
>> 
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