SC - saffron
Philip & Susan Troy
troy at asan.com
Thu Mar 30 04:32:41 PST 2000
Elysant at aol.com wrote:
>
> -Poster: <Elysant at aol.com>
>
> M'lady Brighid wrote:
>
> > 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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