[Sca-cooks] tuffle recipe

[Robin Carroll-Mann]

On 22 Jul 2002, at 23:25, Mark S. Harris wrote:

> Brighid ni Chiarain commented:
> > And I have this great recipe for truffles, which would only require
> > at few ounces per person.  At $20 per oz., that would be....
> > ::sigh::
>
> Even so, could you post the recipe especially if it is period?

> I have this small file on truffles and would love to have more
> information to add to it:

Well, it's already in the Florilegium:
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-MANUSCRIPTS/Guisados1-
art.html
Recipe #164 Capirotadas of Truffles

I was mostly joking when I said I was thinking wistfully of truffles.
But it's an unfortunate fact that there are interesting period recipes
that call for ingredients that are not economically feasible.


Brighid ni Chiarain *** mka Robin Carroll-Mann
Barony of Settmour Swamp, East Kingdom
rcmann4 at earthlink.net