SC - Torta Bourbonnaisse and Bleta - non-member submission
david friedman
ddfr at best.com
Mon Jun 19 08:06:44 PDT 2000
At 8:47 AM -0500 6/19/00, Michael F. Gunter wrote:
>I redacted a version of the Torta Bourbonnaisse from Platina last night
>-- yummy. One question, though, the recipe calls for Bleta. After a
>bit of web searching, I believe this is what's known as Strawberry Blite
>
>(Blitum), which is a European dunghill herb. Needless to say, it's not
>available commercially in the US.
As best I remember, my unsuccessful attempts to figure out what it
was led me to something described as "blattes de Bysance."
David Friedman
Professor of Law
Santa Clara University
ddfr at best.com
http://www.daviddfriedman.com/
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