SC - Rice in period?

[Mary Morman]

On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, April Abbott wrote:
> 
>     Well, I'm looking through my copy of Platina's De Honesta Voluptate et
> Valetudine (the Mary Ella Milham translation) and I see Catalan Blancmange
> (using rice flour,) Rice in Whatever Broth You Want, Rice in Almonds,
> another recipe for Catalan Blancmange (again using rice flour,) Rice Pie,
> Millet Pie (which can also be done with rice,) Date Pie (which has rice in
> it,) White Pie (uses well-cooked rice and the juice of almost cooked rice,)
> Rice Fritters, another recipe for Rice Fritters, Fritters in the Form of
> Fish (made of rice.)  The description of rice refers the ancient spelling,
> and a footnote metions reference to rice in Celsus.

Excellent source!  Anyone coming to the cooking conference in January
where Dr. Milham will be speaking?

elaina

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