SC - Period pumpkin recipes

[Robin Carroll-Mann]

And it came to pass on 2 Mar 00,, that Alderton, Philippa wrote:

> 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.....

I'm sorry, I was being less than clear.  The stuffed calabaza recipes, 
which might be for something pumpkin-like, are in Granado (1599).  
They, and the other calabaza recipes in that same cookbook, do not 
say anything about "scraping until white".  The reference to whiteness 
was in the calabaza recipes in de Nola (1529).  However, I am very 
interested to learn that pumpkins are not always the orange color I 
associate with jack-o-lanterns and pies.  Thank you for the info.

I can translate the recipe this weekend, and will post it to the list.


Lady Brighid ni Chiarain
Settmour Swamp, East (NJ)
mka Robin Carroll-Mann
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