[Sca-cooks] Request for tomato recipes

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Stefan li Rous wrote:

> Mordonna asked:
>
>>A friend on the Aten Cooks list is looking for
>>late sixteenth century Italian recipes containing
>>tomatoes.  I told her I'd ask around.  The timing
>>is about right for the appearance of tomatoes, I
>>think, but I don't have any recipes.  Are there
>>any known this early?  She's planning a 1599
>>Italian feast in April.
>>
>
> I don't think we have any pre-1600 recipes for tomatos, although
> they show in herbals and such.


I seem to recall someone on this list mentioning a recipe (or rather, a
description, fairly detailed) for tomato use in Spain, c. 1580's, in
Gerard's Herbal. As I recall (and do _not_ trust my memory here), they
were just kinda mashed up and slowly melted with olive oil, salt, and
maybe a dash of vinegar.


Adamantius

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