non-member submission - Re: SC - My First Feast as Head Cook
lilinah at earthlink.net
lilinah at earthlink.net
Wed Oct 4 09:23:45 PDT 2000
I wrote:
> > Grain dish, "cheap and filling" - Last year's barley pottage was
> > horrible and nobody ate it. I'm thinking Frumenty with cracked wheat.
and Jadwiga exclaimed:
>Oh my goodness, what did they DO to it? It's hard to imagine barley
>pottage that's inedible, though I once came close when I was playing
>around with Kut'ya ideas...
It was just a gluey, gloppy, sticky mound of tasteless flavorless
glop. It wasn't burnt. It was just unappetizing in every way. And i
like jook/congee. Essentially, i think it was underseasoned and
cooked in too much liquid.
Anahita al-shazhiyya
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