[Sca-cooks] Midrealm Cooks' Collegium

Sue Clemenger mooncat at in-tch.com
Mon Dec 3 05:38:54 PST 2001


I think it's a misspelling of "canisiones."  They're in my copy of the
Miscellany--a sort of little pastry made with sugar and rosewater, and
filled with marzipan, IIRC.
--Maire

Philip & Susan Troy wrote:
>
> Stefan li Rous wrote:
>
> > Alys Katharine described the recent Middle Kingdom Cooks' Collegium
> > and mentioned some of the foods at the feast that night and
> > mentioned:
> >
> >>canishones
>
> I spotted that, too. Could it be a phonetic rendering of cornichons, the
> teeny little sour gherkins eaten with pates and such in France?
>
> Adamantius



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