SC - Preserves & Sauces - recipes wanted

[Stefan li Rous]

Lorix asked:
> Basically, I am looking for any period
> recipes for preserves, sauces and relishes
> that will keep or can be pre-prepared.  If
> you have pre-prepared could you give me an
> idea of how long you kept them and how (ie
> frozen, in fridge, a couple of days, a month
> etc).
> 
> I have found some period recipes, but was
> interested that (besides the green sauce) I
> hadn't been able to find any other sort of
> herb relishes.  Is it just that I don't have
> enough resources, or was it not common to
> make vegetable/herb relishes?

Perhaps some of the composts, which are vegetables and fruits in a vinegar? 
I think several of these are mentioned in the pickled-foods-msg file.

More on period vinegars can be found in this file:
vinegar-msg       (31K)  8/24/99    Vinegar in period. Making vinegar.

Fruit preserves and jellies seem to be fairly late in period, probably
because of the rarity and cost of sugar. If these are of interest, there
has been a fair amount of discussion here on these. I would take a look
at these files in the FOOD section of my Florilegium for this info:
fruits-msg       (180K)  4/ 1/99    Medieval fruits and fruit dishes. Recipes.
fruit-apples-msg  (34K)  4/ 8/99    Period apples and apple recipes.
fruit-pears-msg   (19K) 10/11/99    Period pears and pear recipes.
fruit-quinces-msg (26K)  4/ 9/99    Period uses and recipes for quinces.

Two other condiments that you may or may not be interested in are:
garum-msg         (17K)  3/ 4/99    Roman fish sauce made from fermented fish.
murri-msg         (28K)  5/11/99    Rotted barley paste condiment of Arabia.

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