SC - Period pumpkin recipes

[Alderton, Philippa]

Lady Brighid ni Chiarain skrev:

>A reference to a resource won't be useful, I'm afraid, if you don't read
>Spanish.  Can you give me an idea what kind of recipe you'd like?
>Sweet?  Savory?  Vegetarian?  Carnivorous?  There are several to
>choose from, but none are currently translated into English.  (Except for
>the ones in De Nola [1529], which are clearly not pumpkins, since the
>cooking directions say to scrape them until they are white)

Uh, Brighid, they may very well be pumpkins or close kin if it says to
scrape them until white- not only is commercial pumpkin flesh very pale, but
several varieties are almost white- considering that colors in the MA tend
to be, er, subjective, you might have a keeper there, unless there are other
parts of the description which totally eliminate any possibilityof it being
a pumpkin

I'd love to see the reference, and if you're in a hurry, I can translate it
myself.....

Phlip

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Philippa Farrour
Caer Frig
Southeastern Ohio

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