SC - Re: Manteca

[Vincent Cuenca]

Whoops!  Knew I shouldn't have taken my source text home!  I can only access 
my Hotmail account at work, since I don't have a computer at home.  They're 
pretty understanding. I'll have to double-check the wording and get back to 
the list.

As far as "aceite" being used to indicate animal fats, I'm pretty sure that 
in "Manjar Blanco para Dolientes que No Comen Nada" De Nola uses "aceite" to 
indicate fat from a chicken's egg sac.  Also for the "torta a la genovesa" 
he instructs the cook to add a little "aceite de bazo" to the pan to keep 
the dough from sticking.  "Aceite de bazo" iterally translates to "oil of 
the spleen"; as far as I know, spleens don't contain oil; it made more sense 
to use "fat".  I could be wrong, though. Perhaps someone more knowledgeable 
of animal anatomy could instruct us?

"Manteca" does mean "butter" in Argentina; suffice it to say I didn't eat 
much buttered toast when I was down there.  The dialect preserves some 
interesting survivals of Renaissance Spanish; they use an informal 
second-person plural form of address in place of the more common 
second-person singular. ("vos" instead of "tu").  This is an antiquated form 
of formal address used in the 15th and 16th centuries.  Of course, 
Argentines are weird, anyway.  :)
(totally off topic, I know, but certainly no more so than boiled peanuts and 
Miracle Whip!)

Vicente
(once we get the whole "electuary" vs "butter" thing sorted out, I'll post 
the recipe.  Really, Olwen, I promise.)

(and as far as waltzing goes, my good Lady Brighid, I am shocked that you 
would suggest such a shameless thing!  To dance, facing each other, while 
actually touching your waist and clasping your palm!  Horrors!  You'll be 
showing off your ankles next! :))
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