[Sca-cooks] online glossary

[Robin Carroll-Mann]

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From: tgl at mailer.uni-marburg.de

> viande, viands
<< meat, from the French >>

Today 'meat', ok.; but in earlier times something more general like
'food, food stuff, dish'.
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The parallel word in Spanish "viandas" has a similar meaning.  The Lenten
chapter of Nola is entitled "Viandas de Quaresma" -- "Foods for Lent".

Lady Brighid ni Chiarain
mka Robin Carroll-Mann
Barony of Settmour Swamp, East
rcmann4 at earthlink.net