SC - Cranberries?

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Hi, Katerine here.  Lord Ras writes:

>Well, not to disappoint you but it appears as if the lubricants of choice
>based on extant recipes were as follows: British Isles, Northern France-
>butter; Germany and Teutonic countries- lard; Italy, South France, Spain,
>Portugal and the mid-east- olive oil. Of course, since I'm basing this on
>memory, I could be wrong.

Actually, based on the recipes I've seen in the English corpus, I'd say
that the primary oil-like substances in use in England were white grease
and lard.  You also see suet, but less frequently.  Next in order is
probably oil, usually olive.  One sees butter fairly frequently in the 
13th C (abou;t 15% of recipes), but less often than oil or grease, and in 
the 14th and 15th centuries relatively rarely (about 3%).

Cheers,

- -- Katerine/Terry

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