SC - Australian Cornflour - Definitive answer?
Philip & Susan Troy
troy at asan.com
Tue Aug 22 21:00:13 PDT 2000
And it came to pass on 22 Aug 00,, that Huette von Ahrens wrote:
> it quoted a passage from Cervantes'
> "Don Quixote" which mentions that there was a passion
> in Spain for eating this particular acorn roasted like
> a nut.
FWIW, the 16th century Spanish health manual by de Villena includes
a "chapter" (one paragraph) on acorns. However, it only discusses their
health characteristics, and does not give any indication if these were
eaten as food, or only medicinally. I don't remember seeing any
Spanish recipes for them, but that proves nothing.
Lady Brighid ni Chiarain
Settmour Swamp, East (NJ)
mka Robin Carroll-Mann
harper at idt.net
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