SC - Period Beet Recipe & period quote about beets

[Huette von Ahrens]

- --- LrdRas at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 10/18/99 8:17:35 PM Eastern
> Daylight Time, 
> ahrenshav at yahoo.com writes:
> 
> << This, to my mind, kind of tells
>  me, as it did to Ms. Lorwin, that the beet root was
>  prefered.
>   
>  Huette >>
> 
> Possibly. It merely tells me that Gerard himself was
> partial to beetroots. 
> :-) Regarding the recipe you posted it sounds  good
> but what justification is 
> there for the use of Cheddar cheese? Did this cheese
> exist at that time? I 
> was under the impression that cheddaring was well
> out of period. What other 
> cheese would be a better choice and more periodlike?
> 
> 
> I am sorry for so many questions but I am singularly
> unimpressed with early 
> modern cooking and sometimes either have glossed
> over many of the details or 
> do not have the sources readily available to confirm
> or negate any particular 
> observation or interpretation.
> 
> Ras

Sigh.  I had the book here at work yesterday, but I
took it home last night.  Ms. Lorwin speaks about
cheese in the book.  I will bring the book back to
work tomorrow with your answer.

Huette

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