[Sca-cooks] online glossary

[Kirrily Robert]

In lists.sca.sca-cooks, you wrote:
>> Rockes =
>> (A Closet for Ladies and Gentlewomen, 1636) - To make another sort of
>> Marmelade... then powder the seeds of red Nettles, of Rockes, of each one
>> dram... [MEDICINE]
>
>Rocket?

I'd want to see the full recipe, again.  Is it a sweet thing, as most
marmalades are?  And why is it listed as "medicine"?  Does anyone know
what flavour the seeds of red nettles have?  If they're peppery, rocket
*might* be meaningful, but my understanding of the name "rocket" is that
it's called that because it grows so fast.  Was the word "rocket" used
as we understand it in the 17th century?

Yours,

Katherine

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