[Sca-cooks] Any ideas, translation from Libro del coch

[Robin Carroll-Mann]

On 16 Apr 2002, at 21:47, Louise Smithson wrote:

> But this one ingredient has me stumped.  Below is the original
> and my in progress translation.  Based on modern italian the meaning
> of agresta is sharp which in context could be something like verjuice
> or vinegar (aceto in modern italian) based on the latin it could be
> anise.

According to a post by Thomas Gloning in the Florilegium,
"agresto" or "agresta" can mean either verjuice or the unripe grapes
from which verjuice is produced.




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