[Sca-cooks] Moretum from Caid Kingdom Sciences Day

[Olwen the Odd]

poo..I can't open the link...
Olwen
>
> > "Moretum" poem by Virgil, wherein a rustic husbandman lusts after his
> > maidservant and makes his rustic lunch.
> > <http://virgil.org/appendix/moretum.htm>
> >
> > How I reproduced it:
> >
> > 1 package Queso Freco cheese [we tested several cheeses, this had the
> > "fresh" quality we liked, a bit firmer than cream cheese but very
> > fine-grained and mushed easily into a paste that could be balled-up
> > for transport.]
> > 4 cloves garlic, peeled
> > 1 handfull basil [Rue, while it makes men more, erm, virile, also
> > brings on "untimely birth" in women, which we did not wish to risk.
> > Basil, in the same time period, was said to cure headaches;  verily,
> > also good for the love life. <g>]
> > 1 handfull flat-leaf parsley [crushes better than curly, and tastes
> > better too]
> > 1/2 tsp Coriander Seeds [these puppies are pervasive! I may try dill
> > seed next time.]
> > Salt to taste [I used about 1/2 tsp Kosher Salt]
> >
> > Place coriander seeds and salt in a mortar and pestle them until seeds
> > are well powdered. Add garlic and crush.  Add leafy herbs, pestle it
> > all to a green goo.  Crumble cheese and blend until the the color is
> > neither white nor green.  Oh all right you can use a food processor if
> > you don't have a nice big mortar and pestle but that doesn't really
> > give you that Freudian symbolism does it?  Serve with rustic bread,
> > then go pursue your shepherdess amongst the trees so green.
> >
> > Selene Colfox, mad food scientist
>
>
>
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