[Sca-cooks] Midrealm Cooks' Collegium

[Mark.S Harris]

Adamantius replied to me with:
> 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?

I'm not sure you are helping. :-) A "pate" is the mashed-up paste of
meat or organ meat, right? What is a sour gherkin?

Stefan