SC - Syllabub - does anyone have a period recipe? Preserving

[Stefan li Rous]

At 8:28 AM -0400 10/17/99, Seton1355 at aol.com wrote:
>Jews have a holiday just like Thanksgiving called *Sukkot*  (Festival of the
>Booths)  Anyway as part of the religious practices they use a fruit called an
>etrog which looks almost exactly like a lemon. When the holiday is over, what
>do you do with the very expensive lemon thingie??  You make Etrog Jelly .. Of
>course!  Here is a recipe I came across.

The etrog is a variety of citron--the oldest (I think) of the citrus fruit.
It was known in Europe throughout out period, and appears in the Andalusian
cookbook. And I have one growing by my driveway--although, given how slowly
citrus trees grow, it may be a while before it produces any fruit.

David/Cariadoc
http://www.best.com/~ddfr/


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