SC - tasteless broth

[Stefan li Rous]

Jadwiga Zajaczkowa said:
> > I tried to make this as a soup a while back. We found that only when
> > almost all the liquid had boiled away was it a palatable 
> > side-dish. What's
> > the secret to making it as a soup?
> When I made this, I was using fresh spices and dried herbs.  When I
> originally made this, I tasted the broth regularly to see if I liked the
> flavor and at one point added more pepper to improve the taste.

Maybe we simply did not boil it long enough. The broth simply didn't have
much flavor.

Perhaps some of the ideas and comments in this file in the FOOD section
of the Florilegium might prove useful to you:
broths-msg        (47K)  3/19/01    Broths in period recipes. Substitutions.

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