SC - OT - naming

[Morgan Cain]

Elysant at aol.com wrote:
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> -Poster: <Elysant at aol.com>
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> M'lady Brighid wrote:
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> > I once posted a period recipe for chicken soup which includes gold coins
> > in its list of ingredients.  It is supposed to restore vitality even to
> > the nearly-dead.
> 
> I have not seen any recipes with money in them as an ingredient - outside of
> Christmas Pudding that is....  Are there other Period Recipes with this I
> wonder?  And is the money always associated with luck or good
> fortune/vitality etc?
> 
> Elysant

The galatte du roi or Twelfth Night Cake is traditionally assumed to be,
but is not documented, as period, AFAIK. It often includes a gold coin,
more or less for similar reasons.

Adamantius
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