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

[Steve]

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AEduin



> >
> > Hmmm. Why specify "fat and lean broth"? If you are mixing the two, why
> > not just "broth"? Or a "moderately fat broth" or some such? Or does
> > this really mean some pork broth (fat) and beef broth (lean)?
>
>I think it does.  This is supported by the original Italian and by
>Scully's comments.  The Italian says "brodo grasso he magro".  I
>don't read Italian, but the words and the syntax here are almost
>dientical to Spanish.  This means "broth, fat and lean".  It cannot
>mean "fat + 'lean broth'".
>
>Scully's note on this recipe says:
>
>"It is tempting to 'amend' 'brodo grasso he magro' to 'brodo grasso
>ho magro', yet the word 'and' is clearly written here, as it is in the
>same phrase in the following recipe.  This must be a fatty, meaty
>broth."
>
>
>Brighid ni Chiarain *** mka Robin Carroll-Mann
>Barony of Settmour Swamp, East Kingdom
>rcmann4 at earthlink.net

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