SC - Hauviette's Confits

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At 1:32 PM +0000 10/5/99, Liam Fisher wrote:

>An idea crawled into the back of my head while reading this.  Maybe
>the saffron wasn't for taste, but for display.  A show of prosperity
>that they can put 15 threads of saffron in a single dish.  Of, course
>that's assuming the orchid is as hard to grow as it is today...and as
>expensive.

Having tasted it, I think the saffron is for taste--and the fifteen threads
was my decision, not that of the original, which (like most period recipes)
gave no quantities.  And saffron crocus isn't hard to grow, but you don't
get much off each flower. And it was expensive in period--C. Anne Wilson
gives numbers in _Food and Drink in Britain_.

Elizabeth/Betty Cook


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