SC - Re: Worm Recipe (plus a "new" book)

[Mark.S Harris]

Alys Katharine commented:

>In response to my comment that I had submitted a recipe using worms to
>Petit Propos Culinaires, Stefan wrote:

>>Was this worm recipe medieval?

>Medieval, no.  Extremely late period, depending on one's view of
>"period".  

Thank you. I was a bit more specific than I meant to be. I probably
should have said period. I wanted to put this comment in my files
and wanted to make sure it wasn't a modern recipe. At this time at
least, I am not differentiating between medieval and period in my
files.

>  I don't recall the source now, but I
>found one for pregnant women which included horse dung.

I assume this was from some sort of poltice rather than a food item?
Medieval folks seem to have been quite resourceful in using everything
around them.

>A comment on the recipe for a confection from pine-nut kernels:  There
>is a painting in the Cleveland Museum of Art from the Renaissance which
>has, I am convinced, a picture of this confection.  ....
>  Now I need to find pine nuts and try it out.

These shouldn't be that difficult to find. I've bought small jars in
my local grocery but they are not cheap. I think a four ounce jar was
around three dollars. I've seen them in some of the spice catalogs
mentioned here for better prices.

Stefan li Rous
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