SC - Origins of this recipe?

[CBlackwill at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/19/00 11:48:15 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
meliora at macquarie.matra.com.au writes:

> A friend of mine cooks the following soup which has been in her family for
>  "generations".  She is interested in finding out how old this recipe (or a
>  recipe similar to this) might be.

Jeff Smith (The Frugal Gourmet) prints a recipe for this soup in his book 
"The Frugal Gourmet Cooks Three Ancient Cuisines".  Listed as Avgolemono, he 
states that the recipe dates to antiquity, though you would have to ask him 
for the documentation to support this claim.

Balthazar of Blackmoor

Complacency Breeds Contempt