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[Cindy M. Renfrow]

And it came to pass on 18 May 00,, that Korrin S DaArdain wrote:

> Emeril Live: #EM1D04: Medieval Cuisine
[snip]
> POTAGE FROM MEAT
> Platina, DeHonesta Voluptate, Venice, L. DeAquila, 1475. Translated by
> E.B. Andrews, Mallinkrodt 1967. Published as part of the "Mallinkrodt
> Collection of Food Classics." Reprinted by Falconwood Pres
> 
> 2 1/3 pounds beef stew meat 
> 4 cups water 
> "Rich juice": 31 ounces (3 cans) concentrated beef broth 
> 1 1/2 cups dry breadcrumbs 
> 3/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 
> 8 threads saffron 
> 5 eggs 
> 1 1/2 cups grated cheese 
> 3/8 cup chopped parsley 
> 3/4 teaspoon dried or 1 teaspoon fresh marjoram 
> 1 1/2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint 
> 3 tablespoons wine vinegar 
> Salt, to taste 
> 
> 
> Take lean meat and let it boil, then cut it up finely and cook it again
> for 1 1/2 hour in rich juice, having first added breadcrumbs. Add a little
> pepper and saffron. When it has cooled a little, add beaten eggs, grated
> cheese, parsley, marjoram, and finely chopped mint with a little vinegar.
> Blend them all together in a pot, stirring them slowly with a spoon so
> that they do not form a ball. The same may be done with livers and lungs.
> Bring meat and water to a boil and cook 10 minutes; take meat out and cut
> up small; put back in water with broth, bread crumbs, pepper, and saffron.
> Simmer 1/2 hour over low flame, being careful that it does not stick. Mix
> in remaining ingredients; cook, stirring frequently, for about 5 minutes.
> Ladle into pewter serving bowls and serve warm. ** This is a rather
> meat-rich version; it also works with as little as half amount of meat. 
> 
> 
> Yield: about 10 cups

Is this actually off the FoodTV website??  Because the recipe above is 
word for word the translation in the Miscellany, followed word for word by 
Cariadoc and Elizabeth's redaction (except for the line about pewter 
bowls).  Identical.  Ingredients, quantities, instructions, everything.


Lady Brighid ni Chiarain
Settmour Swamp, East (NJ)
mka Robin Carroll-Mann
harper at idt.net