SC - Catherine de Medici

[Nick Sasso]

I thought Florentine fighting meant sword and spinach?!?!

niccolo

Christine A Seelye-King wrote:

> I just have to throw this tidbit out there,
> Catherine de Medici took her own personal chef with her when she moved
> from Florence to France.  He cooked her favorite foods, including the one
> she liked the best, spinach.  To this day we use the term "Florentine" to
> denote the use of spinach in a dish, thanks to Catherine and her chef.
> (Ok, some use it to denote the two-sword style, but that's in reference
> to fencing, is it not?  Young duelers in the streets of Florence, with
> two swords?  Fighting is really not my area, but food is!)
>
> Mistress Christianna MacGrain, OP, Meridies
>
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