SC - re:period recipes and sources/mustards

[Gretchen M Beck]

Excerpts from internet.listserv.sca-cooks: 4-May-98 SC - re:period
recipes and .. by Ceridwen at commnections.co 
> Asparagus: found a reference to  it in Digbie (p 194) in the Savoury
> toasted cheese recipe, but no actual recipe.  I was unable to find it in
> any of the other cookbooks I checked, (earlier ones). I haven't been
> through the Islamic ones yet.. anyone else???

Platina has asparagus--prepared exactly as described some 150 years
later in Castelvetti (sp?): "Boiled asparagus is laid out on a platter
and salt, oil and vinegar are added."  Platina adds "There are those who
sprinkle it with herbs...There are those who cook them in wine and they
are even more effective in this way (i.e. good for chest, spine, and
intentinal pains).  I'm pretty sure Apicus has asparagus recipes, too.

Platina also describes Fennel, one recipe is for fennel potage, and
another is for verjuice with fennel.

toodles, margaret 
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