SC - potatoes

[Cindy Renfrow]

>> At 18:28 28-9-98 -0500, Bear wrote:
>> >...there is one very late 16th
>> >Century recipe from Germany.
>>
>> Anybody have a copy of that recipe handy?
>>
>>
>> Alasdair mac Iain
>>
<snip>

Hello! I don't have that one, but here is a reference from Gerard's Herball
of 1633. Sorry if this is a repeat; I haven't been following this thread:


Potato pages 926-928 (See also Sweet Potatoes).
"<i>Battata Virginiana, siue Virginianorum, & Pappus. </i>Virginian Potatoes.
The temperature and vertues be referred vnto the common [sweet] Potatoes,
being likewise a food, as also a meate for pleasure, equall in goodnesse
and wholesomenesse vnto the same, being either rosted in the embers, or
boyled and eaten with oyle, vinegar, and pepper, or dressed any other way
by the hand of some cunning in cookerie."


[Sweet] Potato  - pages 925-926.  <p>"<i>Sisarum Peruvianum, siue Batata
Hispanorum. </i>Potato's.
 The Potato roots are among the Spaniards, Italians, Indians, and many
other nations common and ordinarie meate; which no doubt are of mighty and
nourishing parts... being tosted in the embers they lose much of their
windinesse, especially being eaten sopped in wine.<br> Of these roots may
be made conserues no lesse toothsome, wholesome, and dainty than of the
flesh of Quinces:  and likewise those comfortable and delicate meats called
in shops <i> Morselli, Placentulae,</i> and diuers other such like.<br>
These Roots may serue as a ground or foundation whereon the cunning
Confectioner or Sugar-Baker may worke and frame many comfortable delicate
Conserues, and restoratiue sweete meates.
They are vsed to be eaten rosted in the ashes. Some when they be so rosted
infuse them and sop them in Wine; and others to giue them the greater grace
in eating, do boyle them with prunes, and so eate them.  And likewise
others dresse them (being first rosted) with Oyle, Vineger, and salt,
euerie man according to his owne taste and liking.  Notwithstanding
howsoeuer they bee dressed, they comfort, nourish, and strengthen the body,
procuring bodily lust, and that with greedinesse."

More excerpts from Gerard are at http://members.aol.com/renfrowcm/gerard.html

Cindy/Sincgiefu
renfrow at skylands.net


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