SC - Chicken soup challenge

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At 3:58 PM -0400 10/4/00, Richard Kappler wrote:

>SOOOOOoooooo.... What's everybody's favorite chicken soup recipe, 
>why, and are there period recipes?

Not only are there period recipes, there is a period recipe for a 
chicken soup to cure what ails you. It's from Du Fait de Cuisine:

65. And to give understanding to him who will make the restorative 
let him arrange that he has a fair and large double flask of glass, 
as strong as can be found, and then let him wash and rinse it very 
well and carefully; and, being well washed, let him set it on a 
wooden trencher or little board and have it held on this strongly by 
cords and ties. And then let him arrange that he has a large 
well-fattened capon or two according to the quantity which he wants 
to make of the restorative and let him pluck, clean, and wash it very 
well and then drain the water off it very well; and, being well 
drained, chop it very fine, the meat and the bones also all together, 
then put it into the said flask, and three ounces or so of good 
rosewater and also as much of fair fresh water and a little bit of 
salt, and an ounce or more of fine pearls which should be put in a 
very little bag made of fair and clean cloth of strong silk or linen, 
and also very good, virtuous, valiant and worthy precious stones, 
that is diamonds, pearls, rubies, sapphires, turquoises, emeralds, 
coral, amber, jasper, jacinth, chalcedonies(?), onyx, crystal, 
chalcedonies, smaragdus [emerald? malachite?], sardonyx, sard, 
chrysolites [peridot?], beryls, topazes, chrysoprase, and amethysts, 
and all other good and virtuous precious stones-of all these only 
those ordered by the doctor; and let them be put together in another 
little bag made of white and clean linen cloth, and strong enough 
that it will never break so that the stones cannot mix with the said 
capon meat; and also with sixty or eighty or more pieces of fine 
gold, ducats and jewels and other pieces which should first be very 
well washed in three or four changes of lukewarm water, and very well 
dried off with the corner of a very fair, white, and clean linen 
cloth, and then each of the gold coins should be folded into a 
cylinder(?) so that they can fit through the neck of the aforesaid 
flask; and put them in carefully and gently and so that they fall 
into the capon meat so that they do not break the said flask, and 
then stop it very well so that no steam comes out. And, this being 
done, arrange that there is a clear, fair, and clean pot large enough 
that the said flask can easily be put into it, and let the neck of 
the said flask be tied to two sticks, and let the said sticks be tied 
to the said pot so that when the water in the said pot boils the 
waves and boiling of the said water cannot make the said flask move, 
shake, or be thrown out of the pot; and then fill the said pot with 
fair fresh water and then put it on a fair fire of coals and let it 
cook continually; and also arrange that next to it there is another 
pot full of fair water and let it be boiling constantly so that as 
the pot in which is the said flask boils it can always be refilled 
with the said boiling water, because one who put fresh water in would 
break the flask, and all the work of what is being made would be 
lost. And when the said restorative is well cooked let him arrange 
that he has a small piece of good board and let him heat it very well 
close to the fire, and when it is sufficiently dried and heated he 
should also have a little cloth and heat it well also, and then put 
it folded several times on the said hot board; and then gently take 
the  flask out of the pot in which it is and set it onto the said hot 
cloth and board and let it cool there until he can hold it 
comfortably without burning himself. And when it is thus sufficiently 
cooled let him arrange that he has a good, new, fair, and clean 
strainer which has never been used before and let him put it over a 
fair gold dish and empty onto it his restorative which is in the said 
flask; and if one does not want to empty it quickly let him arrange 
that he has a fair and clean  little wooden hook and stick it into 
the said flask and draw out what is inside; and when everything is 
out let him take his little bags of pearls and precious stones and 
the aforesaid gold pieces, and then squeeze and twist what is left 
strongly and properly in the said strainer; and, being very well 
strained and caught in the said gold dish, let him empty it again 
into a gold pan and then carry it to the sick person who should 
receive it and use it according to the doctor's orders.
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<div>At 3:58 PM -0400 10/4/00, Richard Kappler wrote:</div>
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<div>Not only are there period recipes, there is a period recipe for
a chicken soup to cure what ails you. It's from Du Fait de
Cuisine:</div>
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<div>65. And to give understanding to him who will make the
restorative let him arrange that he has a fair and large double flask
of glass, as strong as can be found, and then let him wash and rinse
it very well and carefully; and, being well washed, let him set it on
a wooden trencher or little board and have it held on this strongly
by cords and ties. And then let him arrange that he has a large
well-fattened capon or two according to the quantity which he wants
to make of the restorative and let him pluck, clean, and wash it very
well and then drain the water off it very well; and, being well
drained, chop it very fine, the meat and the bones also all together,
then put it into the said flask, and three ounces or so of good
rosewater and also as much of fair fresh water and a little bit of
salt, and an ounce or more of fine pearls which should be put in a
very little bag made of fair and clean cloth of strong silk or linen,
and also very good, virtuous, valiant and worthy precious stones,
that is diamonds, pearls, rubies, sapphires, turquoises, emeralds,
coral, amber, jasper, jacinth, chalcedonies(?), onyx, crystal,
chalcedonies, smaragdus [emerald? malachite?], sardonyx, sard,
chrysolites [peridot?], beryls, topazes, chrysoprase, and amethysts,
and all other good and virtuous precious stones-of all these only
those ordered by the doctor; and let them be put together in another
little bag made of white and clean linen cloth, and strong enough
that it will never break so that the stones cannot mix with the said
capon meat; and also with sixty or eighty or more pieces of fine
gold, ducats and jewels and other pieces which should first be very
well washed in three or four changes of lukewarm water, and very well
dried off with the corner of a very fair, white, and clean linen
cloth, and then each of the gold coins should be folded into a
cylinder(?) so that they can fit through the neck of the aforesaid
flask; and put them in carefully and gently and so that they fall
into the capon meat so that they do not break the said flask, and
then stop it very well so that no steam comes out. And, this being
done, arrange that there is a clear, fair, and clean pot large enough
that the said flask can easily be put into it, and let the neck of
the said flask be tied to two sticks, and let the said sticks be tied
to the said pot so that when the water in the said pot boils the
waves and boiling of the said water cannot make the said flask move,
shake, or be thrown out of the pot; and then fill the said pot with
fair fresh water and then put it on a fair fire of coals and let it
cook continually; and also arrange that next to it there is another
pot full of fair water and let it be boiling constantly so that as
the pot in which is the said flask boils it can always be refilled
with the said boiling water, because one who put fresh water in would
break the flask, and all the work of what is being made would be
lost. And when the said restorative is well cooked let him arrange
that he has a small piece of good board and let him heat it very well
close to the fire, and when it is sufficiently dried and heated he
should also have a little cloth and heat it well also, and then put
it folded several times on the said hot board; and then gently take
the  flask out of the pot in which it is and set it onto the
said hot cloth and board and let it cool there until he can hold it
comfortably without burning himself. And when it is thus sufficiently
cooled let him arrange that he has a good, new, fair, and clean
strainer which has never been used before and let him put it over a
fair gold dish and empty onto it his restorative which is in the said
flask; and if one does not want to empty it quickly let him arrange
that he has a fair and clean  little wooden hook and stick it
into the said flask and draw out what is inside; and when everything
is out let him take his little bags of pearls and precious stones and
the aforesaid gold pieces, and then squeeze and twist what is left
strongly and properly in the said strainer; and, being very well
strained and caught in the said gold dish, let him empty it again
into a gold pan and then carry it to the sick person who should
receive it and use it according to the doctor's orders.</div>

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David/Cariadoc<br>
http://www.daviddfriedman.com/</div>
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