SC - RE: Rum Pots

[Uduido@aol.com]

In a message dated 97-09-24 14:06:48 EDT, you write:

<< And since you can't, to my
 knowledge, easily buy any of the edible gourds in sufficient quantities to
 serve at a large feast, I think it's a reasonable substitute. I like it
 better than just tossing all the recipes for gourds out the window because
we
 can't get the real item. Rather like using modern carrots for period
 ones.......... >>

My apologies. I didn't mean to insinuate that one couldn't substitute tthe
items you mention if you make it a point to say that is what you're doing and
why. 

I tend to grow (or have grown for me ) the 'special' things I might need for
a feast and sometimes forget that others do not have the same resources as I.
By the way, if you know someone with a garden space several seed companies
now carry a medieval like carrot> Gurneys and Burpees both have read and
white carrot varieties listed the last time I looked. They also carry white
tomatoes which can be documented to the Elizabethan era where they were used
as plantings around homes much as we use French marigolds today. I have seen
a variety of 'leaf' cabbage listed also from time to time. 

With a little gardening know-how and a place to put a 5 gallon container or
two outside some of these plants could be grown on a small scale allowing a
person to invite over a couple of people for an authentic medieval dish
occasionally. :-)

Lord Ras
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