SC - a very tiny hurray and some questions

[david friedman]

At 2:48 PM -0400 7/2/00, Jenne Heise wrote:

>
>Platina, as far as I recall, calls for 'spices'.


Martino, Platina's source, says " and have some sugar some pepper and 
some sweet spices mixed together."

>  I used fresh-grated
>nutmeg, mace, and ground cloves. (Couldn't find the ground cinnamon or the
>peppermill in the spice boxes.) What do you all suggest for the spices?
>
>Furthermore, I want to start trying out mustards. Mustards are nice on
>bread, but better on meat in my opinion... I was wondering about roasted
>beef. I looked through my medieval cookbooks last fall looking for a
>recipe for basic pre-1600 roast beef, but couldn't find one. Suggestions?

Lots of recipes for sauces to put on the roast beef; off hand I can't 
think of a roast beef recipe.

David/Cariadoc
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