SC - Whence Comes Peel

[Morgan Cain]

> Today, I had an inquiry from Michael Sohocki, a student
> at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY.
>
> >But my question is this--what is the derivation
> >of the term "peel"?

>From the Old French word "pele" (modern spelling = "pelle") for shovel,
according to my version.  Its use in English dates to late Middle English,
and was a direct adaptation of the word.

> > p.s.--I would be greatly interested in being a part of
> > this organization. I don't know what information you
> > need that I could contribute, but if you would like to
> > try me, I am more than willing to volunteer anything I
> > have gained from my education here, and am at your
> > disposal. Write me all you like, I will do my best to
> > help you.

Join the list for a start, and someone can get you to a local Guild or
whatever meeting.....  Do you want some websites and bibliographies to
peruse meanwhile?

                            ---= Morgan


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To finish a work? To finish a picture? What nonsense! To finish it means to
be through with it, to kill it, to rid it of its soul, to give it its final
blow, the coup de Grace for the painter as well as for the picture.
- - Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)