[Sca-cooks] Earth Melon?

[johnna holloway]

What's the source or work that he's using?
You might read Dalby's Siren Feasts for
information on melons in classical times.
Dalby's new book on Byzantine cuisine and
foods is not out yet as far as I know.
Andrew Dalby, THE FLAVOURS OF BYZANTIUM,
 ISBN 1-903018-14-5. Prospect Books. 2002.
Johnna Holloway  Johnnae llyn Lewis

Debra Hense wrote:>
> My friend, Demetrios, posed this question.
> "I have come across a reference to an earth melon in a text on
> Byzantine cuisine.  It is in a chapter on mushrooms, truffles and
> root crops.  Does anyone have any (documentable) idea what it
> might be."