SC - Bay-references
Philip & Susan Troy
troy at asan.com
Wed Oct 1 17:57:53 PDT 1997
Uduido at aol.com wrote:
> The folllowing references on the bay leaf question were provided by the
> gracious kindness of Viscountess Judith.
>
> MARKHAM> English Huswif, part 1, pg. 219. As a scrub (Bay Oil)
>
> Not found in Forme of Curye.
>
> Not found in Le Manegier.
>
> ALEXANDER NEKKHAM"S (sp?) Travelling Diaries > Daily Life in the 12th
> Century. May contain references to bay as a medicinal herb or more. Available
> at any good reference library.
>
> Works of Urban Tigner (sp?) may or may not contain bay laurel references.
>
> There you go. That is all we have so far. We are still researching this
> subject. Will post further details and comments as they become available.
>
> Lord Ras
Just to add to your list, both leaves and berries appear in Apicius, and
I believe that the leaves are mentioned in Taillevent's Viandier, which
makes their absence from Le Menagier all the more peculiar...
Adamantius
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