[Sca-cooks] Honey Butter? No! No!

[Dan Phelps]

Was written:

> Honey butter is perfectly period, in fact the earliest
> reference I've seen is to its usage about 470 CE in
> the Anthimus letter (thanks, Cariadic ;-). The problem
> with honey butter, or for that matter, with any other
> butter, is that we have no references to it being used
> as a condiment with bread. In Anthimus, it was
> mentioned as a medicine, specific for lung diseases,
> which was why I made my comment yesterday about
> letting them bring their own medicine ;-)
>
> As far as garlic butter goes, I'm unaware of it being
> made in period, but like honeybutter, if it had been
> made, and used, say, for chilblains, that still
> doesn't show that they smeared it on bread and ate it.

Indeed you make my point for me.

Daniel Raoul

The lieutenant said to the sergeant, "I have a plan", to which the sergeant
replied "so did
Custer Sir."


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