[Sca-cooks] Two recipes from recent camping events.

[Kirrily Robert]

Cariadoc wrote:
>>   The recipe specifies sorrell, but this wasn't available to me either.
>>    I substituted one bunch of spinach and one of red chard.
>
> Sorrel has a noticeable acidic taste, which I don't think you would
> get with spinach and chard. Wood sorrel is a wild plant which, while
> not related, gives a similar taste.

The whole dish was quite sour.  I think if I'd used sorrel, I might've
used less of the other sour ingredients (lemons, cranberries, verjuice),
and come out with something of similar tartness.

Yours,

Katherine

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