Lettuce (was Re: SC - Citron and Potato)

[Robin Carroll-Mann]

And it came to pass on 4 May 99,, that Stefan li Rous wrote:

> Lady Brighid ni Chiarain gave us the recipe for candied lettuce:
> > 
> > TRONCHOS DE LECHUGAS -- Stalks of Lettuce

> Interesting that it is the stalks they use and not the leaves. Perhaps a
> good way to use the stalks after using the leaves in a salad.
> 
> I wonder, since this recipe uses the stalk, whether this would work
> with celery. I can't remember if celery is period, though.

It's period for Spain.  Celery (apio) is on the list of "foods commonly 
eaten" which appears at the beginning of a 1423 carving manual.  
However, I have not come across any recipes for cooking or preserving 
celery.

Brighid


Lady Brighid ni Chiarain
Settmour Swamp, East (NJ)
mka Robin Carroll-Mann
harper at idt.net
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