[Sca-cooks] Neapolitan Risotto? (was re: Black Rice)

Phil Troy/ G. Tacitus Adamantius adamantius.magister at verizon.net
Tue Sep 24 08:26:01 PDT 2002


Also sprach Susan Fox-Davis:
>Consider the Medieval Italian Catholic context.  My take on this is that
>we are misinterpreting the terms "fat" and "lean" or their Italian
>equivalents.  I think it may be meat broth [for fat days] and vegetarian
>broth [for lean or fast days].  'Twould give depth to the flavor and makes
>good sense -- in context!

True, but a lot of recipes seem to substitute almond milk for meat
broth, on those days. While this doesn't rule it out, it might be
seen to make it slightly less likely than the other alternatives.

Adamantius
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