[Sca-cooks] New compost recipe (long)

[Elaine Koogler]

Gee, I'm sorry you are in a "crappy" mood...and I certainly hope I didn't add to
it.  I was trying to catch up on e-mail during a break in a class I'm taking, and
may not have read your message thoroughly.  Sorry about that!!

Kiri

Nicolas Steenhout wrote:

> At 07:16 PM 11/27/2001 +0000, you wrote:
> > >
> > > Compost:  An organic material used in gardening, made of all kind of rotten
> > > materials.
> > >
> > > Compote:  Usualy fruits cooked slowly with a sweetener added.  (though it
> > > can be done with onions and such :-) )
> >
> >I hate to differ with you here, but the version of this recipe that I use from
> >Forme of Curye does use the word "compost" to describe the dish.
>
> I'm not arguing that fact!!!  As I said (part that you "conveniently"
> snipped <wink>), I think that the origins of the words are really similar.
>
> I was talking of *modern* English.  :-)  Of course, this would throw us in
> another debate on which terms should we use, the terms used at the time, or
> our modern equivalent.  I'm *not* going there today, I'm way to much in a
> crappy mood ;-)
>
> Got to go.
>
> Nicolas
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