[Sca-cooks] armored turnips

[Pixel, Goddess and Queen]

On Tue, 10 Sep 2002, Daniel Myers wrote:

> There's also a version of this recipe, called "Garnished Turnips", in
> "The Neapolitan Recipe Collection: Cuoco Napoletano",  Terence Scully,
> (trans.), University of Michigan Press.  ISBN: 0-472-10972-3
>
> I used provalone when I made it for feast a while back (was it
> determined if provalone is perioid or not?).  It worked reasonably
> well, but due to unexpected circumstances I lacked oven space and they
> had to be served luke-warm instead of piping hot.
>
> In Scully's notes on the recipe he says something to the effect that
> this dish should be served at the end of the feast.  Maybe it's so the
> cheese can fill in all the empty corners or something.  ;-)
>
> - DM


Actually, that's medieval medical practice for you. Turnips are hard to
digest (Platina says something about this being bad for you), and rich
cheese seals the stomach, so you don't want to serve them at the beginning
of the meal.

I just got my copy of Mark Grant's translation of Galen, so now I have
even more nifty info on the humors.

Margaret