SC - Re: Gazpacho... Menestra

[alysk at ix.netcom.com]

Nanna wrote:

>Or does "menestra" not neccessarily mean vegetables? Is that just a descriptive 
>word and the bread, oil, vinegar, garlic etc. is the whole recipe? Comments?

"Menestra" is said to be a type of "vegetable soup served in barracks and jails". Another
source says "pottage made of different pulse (sic) and roots."  So, it would seem that
your idea is correct.

Alys Katharine

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