SC - Cilantro and Pine Nuts Salad

Michael F. Gunter michael.gunter at fnc.fujitsu.com
Fri Jun 16 07:27:07 PDT 2000


Elianora Mathewes writes:

>  I'm looking for images of a particular type of wooden
>  trencher used in the 16th century: the primary characteristic
>  of the type is that it has poetry or Biblical quotations and
>  painted decorations on the bottom; the top should be of plain
>  wood.  It was used for serving fruit, and is sometimes
>  referred to as a "roundel."
>  
>  If you could refer me to specific books or even a museum
>  website with pictures of this sort of trencher, I'd be very grateful.

There is a fine picture by Georg Flegel, German, ca. 1600s showing lots of 
goodies a stack of roundels, glasses and plates, some spoons and a nice 
knife, at:
http://sunsite.auc.dk/cgfa/f/p-flegel3.htm

Rudd Rayfield


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