Lettuce (was Re: SC - Citron and Potato)
Robin Carroll-Mann
harper at idt.net
Wed May 5 07:07:23 PDT 1999
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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