[Sca-cooks] Re: Period Ices/Sorbets/Cold Treats?

[Susan Fox-Davis]

Didn't we just go through this topic about a month ago?  I can't seem to find
the message, but someone did find a 16th century cookbook reference after we
shot down the old "urban legends" about Nero, Alexander the Great and Catherine
di Medici having invented shave ice with syrup.

Selene

"Decker, Terry D." wrote:

> Here is a page on Roman food preservation including "refrigeration:"
>
> http://www.unc.edu/courses/rometech/public/frames/art_set.html
>
> The information on ice and cooling is from R.J. Forbes "Studies in Ancient
> Technology."  According to a couple of sources, the work is excellent and
> the only accumulation of its kind available, but is outdated due to advances
> in archeological techniques.
>
> Bear
>
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