[Sca-cooks] Re: Duke's Powder

[Elise Fleming]

On 10 Nov 2001, at 19:48, Cindy M. Renfrow wrote:

>>  Lady Brighid's translation says: "and for the lords cast in
nothing
>>  but cinnamon,"
>> What does the original say?

And Brighid responded:
>"y para los sen~ores, no se echa sino sola canela"

That's what the original says, all right.  Interesting.  Might
cloves have been considered a "lesser spice"?  Useful for folk with
bad breath, which lords would _never_ have?!?  Would more cinnamon
(rather than cinnamon and cloves) be more costly?

Alys Katharine
M.A., Spanish