SC - walnut oil

[david friedman]

This is Elizabeth, following the list a couple weeks late, posting from
David's account.

At 3:19 PM -0400 5/8/97, Karen Farris wrote:
>
>
>     Would any of you illustrious chefs inform a poor French peasant girl
>     of the periodicity of walnut oil?  What about other nut oils or
>     vegetable oils?  Is there script of any other than animal lards and
>     olive oil?
>
According to a 13th century Book of Trades (quoted in _Daily Living in the
12th Century_), the oil merchant sold olive oil, almond oil, walnut oil,
linseed oil, and poppy oil.