SC - Cooking Laurels

[Elaine Koogler]

I understood that the program was using more archeological sources than
scriptural, but I could be wrong.....

Kiri

RichSCA at aol.com wrote:

> I didn't get a chance to see the show, but it is such a coincident.  I just a
> new (to me) cookbook yesterday - Biblical Garden Cookery by Eileen Gaden  It
> has recipes and history lessons in it.  But how accurate for this List, the
> recipes I are, I have my doubts for in the preface, second paragraph the
> author writes:  "For these peoples and from careful reading of rich
> scriptural sources, we have a good understanding about food and it's
> preparation in biblical times.  Although no recipes as such have come down to
> us, we do kow which foods were in use"
>
> Rayne
>
> In a message dated 4/24/00 6:10:01 PM Central Daylight Time,
> ekoogler at chesapeake.net writes:
>
> <<
>  Yup, saw bits and pieces of it....what I saw looked really good.  I'm going
> to
>  watch and see if they show it again so I can tape it.
>
>  Kiri
>
>  "Michael F. Gunter" wrote:
>
>  > Hi,
>  >
>  > Did anybody else catch the Biblical foods episode on Food Network
>  > last night? It was pretty interesting about ancient foods and how
>  > different cultures placed taboos on different items. Also how a lot
>  > of the traditions have come down the centuries to modern day.
>  >
>  > They showed a lot of ancient techniques used for centuries and
>  > still used today like a stone hand grinder for wheat, a donkey powered
>  > olive press and an oven where they bake the bread on the sides.
>  >
>  > There was even a scene where people were dipping lettuce leaves
>  > into a jar of clear liquid. (Sound familiar?)
>  >
>  > I did catch a couple of things I questioned but it was a pretty neat
>  > show. I hope they show it again soon. Hey, anything other than 18
>  > hours a day of Emeril Lagasse!
>  >
>  > Yers,
>  >
>  > Gunthar
>  > >>
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