[Sca-cooks] re:what are your thoughts on period style food?

[Mercy Neumark]

>
>My chef at the time, who was an elderly gentleman (well,
>gentle at time, ogre at others) was telling me that when *he* was
>apprenticing, in the early 30's, they would cook bechamel for nearly >two
>days!
>
>Ha!  Ain't it fun? :-)

Ah, and did he have to walk 3 miles, all up hill, in the snow BOTH WAYS to
and from work/school?  If he did, he must have gone to school where my real
mom grew up.  I didn't realize brooklyn had all those hills! ;)

--Arte

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