[Sca-cooks] Re: yogurt (was rant) and onion soup not period?

[Barbara Benson]

Greetings,

I was just wondering that myself. I am doing research for a feast and
stumbled across the following in Two C15 Cookbooks:
Page 114

Soupes dorrees.--Nym oynons, mynce hem, frie hem in oille de olyue: nym
oynons, boille hem with wyn, tost whit bred, & do it in dishes / and cast
almand mylke theron, & ye wyn & ye oynons aboue, & gif hit forth

Except for the cheese part this sounds an awful lot like french onion soup.
It even had the bread on the bottom, which is how my momma makes it. Has
anyone played with this recepit? Have any thoughts?

Glad Tidings,
Serena da Riva

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chickengoddess" <rhiannon at madcelt.com>
To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 7:11 AM
Subject: [Sca-cooks] Re: yogurt (was rant) and onion soup not period?


> Another brand to look for is Stonyfield Farm yogurt.  They have a whole
milk
> yogurt with cream on top.  Whole Foods has it, and I think they are now a
> national chain (and suffering for it, frankly), but that may be helpful.
>
> My question is about the onion soup remark posted earlier (I'm way behind
on
> my emails);  has it really been stated that french onion soup is not
period?
> I find that really hard to believe, because it is one of the simplest
dishes
> to prepare, and was not until recently considered a fancy dish.  I will
> grant that calling it french onion soup particularly may not be period,
but
> unless I'm losing my mind, we're frying up an onion here and then boiling
it
> in some broth.  (I will grant that the sprinkling of cheese and floating
> bread may be recent affectations).  How is this not period?
>
> Inquiring minds just want to know.
>
> Rhiannon Cathaoir-mor
> South Downs, Meridies
>
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