SC - Welser's gravy
LrdRas at aol.com
LrdRas at aol.com
Tue Feb 1 21:08:03 PST 2000
In a message dated 2/1/00 4:56:17 PM Eastern Standard Time,
xtal at sigenetics.com writes:
<< I've had it in my head that "gravy" or roux -- you know, that flour cooked
in fat stuff Grandmamma makes at Thanksgiving -- is an out of period
technique, but I am not sure where I read/heard that. >>
I don't think it has been determined that it is out of period. It has merely
been stressed that the use of this technique is not found in medieval
manuscripts. Sabrina's book is well within the early modern cookery period
but well outside the period of medieval cuisine.
Ras
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