SC - No Mint - please

[ruadh]

lovage: levisticum officinale, parsley family, medicinal herb.
The leaves and stems are used as a celery substitute in soups, salads,
stews, sauces, and with vegetables and poultry.
 http://www.msue.msu.edu/msue/imp/mod03/03900081.html

http://www.best.com/~timj/herbage/A285.htm

http://www.boldweb.com/greenweb/HR172.htm


- ----- Original Message -----
From: "sdrake" <steldr at home.net>
To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 2:42 PM
Subject: RE: SC - figs


> Well, according to the Good Eats show on Food Network - celery seed comes
> from Lovage (at least that's what my faulty memory remembers from the
pickle
> show.)  Is lovage something they used in period?
>
> Mercedes
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
> [mailto:owner-sca-cooks at ansteorra.org]On Behalf Of Olwen the Odd
> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 1:28 PM
> To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
> Subject: SC - figs
>
>
> Good day all.  I just got back from my local used book store where I found
> (under the shelf rack apparently dropped or stashed) The Williamsburg Art
of
> Cookery or, Accomplish'd Gentlewoman' Companion.  It was first printed in
> 1742 (way OOP I know) but it is a delightful little book.
>
> I do have a question about one of the recipes I have run across thusfar.
> It's for pickled figs.
>
> The recipe reads; Bring to a boil one quart of vinegar, five sticks
> cinnamon, on tablespoon each whole cloves, allspice, and celery seed.
Drop
> in figs ashed and dried.  Cook twenty minutes
>
> There is no date for the recipe.  I am relatively certain there was no
> celery seed in period but everything else I am pretty sure was.  Anyway,
it
> sounds like a good recipe for the summer months served cold (recipe
doesn't
> say).  Does anyone out there have any ideas about substituting the celery
> seed (or anything else) to make it a more period dish so I may use at a
> feast or hospitality?
>
> Thanks
> Olwen
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