Meatless alternatives, was: SC - Questions: _Art, Culture & Cuisine...

[cclark at vicon.net]

Edward Long-hair wrote:
>* Finally, has anyone got a list of recipes which specify what changes 
>can be made to make them suitable for a non-meat day? I'm after some 
>period guidelines as to what to do when adapting recipes for vegetarians.

For medieval English recipes, two rules seem to be that broth is replaced by
almond milk and olive or other vegetable oil, and grease likewise replaced
by vegetable oil. I take this to imply that they weren't in the habit of
skimming all the fat off their broths.

If the broth was cooked without starch, then the almond milk that replaces
it should not be too thick - otherwise it could curdle.

Alex Clark/Henry of Maldon

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