SC - peaches
Mark.S Harris
rsve60 at email.sps.mot.com
Wed Dec 17 11:40:08 PST 1997
Charles asked:
>Peaches are appropriate for England. But I don't know how they
>prepared/preserved them. I would imagine that something like jam was
>done. Has anybody checked the florilegium?
Ive not got much, Im afraid. The following snippets are from my
fruits-msg file.
Stefan li Rous
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From: Dorothea of Caer-Myrddin (Dorothy J. Heydt):
>In the south and around the Mediterranean: apricots, figs, dates,
> melons, peaches.
>From Duke Cariadoc:
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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)
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>From Gretchen M Beck (Margaret) on this list back in June:
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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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