SC - Re: sca-cooks V1 #123

[L Herr-Gelatt and J R Gelatt]

>In a message dated 97-05-16 10:07:28 EDT, you write:
>
><< Why?  I have seen several very late period/just post-period meat pie
>recipes
> calling for the use of butter as a filler.  >>
>
>I agree that there are recipes that are LATE period that call for butter and
>even very RARELY a mid-period recipe lists "boter" as an ingredient. However,
>butter was not NORMALLY consumed. It was considered medicinal (to cover
>wounds, salve base, etc.) until rather recent times. Whish IMHO puts it in
>the same category as potatos, tomatos and other late period dietary
>introductions.
>
>Lord Ras

To quote Foghorn Leghorne, "Now WHOA I say. I say Whoa!" I am sorry my dear
friend, but I cannot swallow that tid-bit, no matter how tasty you make it.
Bread and Butter, I agree, may be out of our reach, but butter at all? I am
curious about  what you base this conclusion on. Can you share your facts
with us? 

Aoife
"Many things we need can wait. The child cannot."
				---Gabriela Mistral, Chilean Poet 1889-1957