SC - OT, OOP, Chemo (Was poison in peach pits)

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Thanks for sending this.  It would have been several more days before I could
have searched for my copy.

Kiri

rcmann4 at earthlink.net wrote:

> And it came to pass on 28 Mar 01, , that Stefan li Rous wrote:
>
> > Wow! All your TI's are in one room? At one time mine were. Maybe they
> > will be again someday....
>
> Mine are in one closet.  Not in order, mind you, but in one closet.
> And since no one else has dug it out yet, here's the recipe, as
> quoted and redacted in the TI article by Eleazar Ha-Levi.  It's from a
> 1654 Haggadah, published in Italy, but written in Spanish.  I have
> not transcribed the entire article.
>
> - - - - begin quoted material - - -
>
> "Take apples or pears, cooked in water, hazelnuts or almonds,
> shelled chestnuts or walnuts, figs or raisins.  And after cooking,
> grind them thoroughly and dissolve in the strongest wine vinegar
> that can be found.  Then mix in a bit of brick dust, in memory of the
> bricks which our father made in Egypt.  For eating, a little
> cinnamon powder is sprinkled above.  Those who wish to add other
> fruits and spices into the concoction may do so."
>
> I tried this last year for my own Seder using the recipe given below.
>  My one big change was to substitute brown sugar for the brick
> dust.  (Anyone who's ever tried to break apart a blcok of brown
> sugar after it has been exposed to the air should agree to the
> similarity between it and a brick.)"
>
> 1 medium apple and 1 medium pear
> 1 ounce chopped walnuts
> 1 ounce chopped almonds
> 2 ounces raisins
> 1-2 ounces vinegar
> 2 tsps brown sugar
> cinnamon
>
> Peel fruit and cut into small pieces.  Combine with all other
> ingredients, except cinnamon, and blend/chop for about 15
> seconds.  (You want a coarse chop, not a puree.)  Serve with the
> cinnamon and allow each guest to season to his or her own taste.
> Note: if you wish to mix cinnamon with other ingredients, I estimate
> that one teaspoon, at most should be sufficient.
>
> - - -  end quoted material - - -
>
> Looks good.  Maybe I'll try this one.  Right now, I'm trying to decide
> what to bake for Passover.  My aunt is having 20 people at her
> Seder....
>
> Lady Brighid ni Chiarain
> Settmour Swamp, East (NJ)
> mka Robin Carroll-Mann
> now at a new address: rcmann4 at earthlink.net
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