[Sca-cooks] hypotrimma (was originals and redactions)

[A]

Yeah, possibly.  Or even more independent than a relish - like hummus or 
something, which usualy is just a dip, but is also served (in my family 
at least) to accompany grilled meats, and also as become a popular 
sandwich spread. 

Oh, and I did dig up a little more info on the word "hypotrimma"...it 
only shows up once in the whole Greek literary cannon (go figure), in 
line 290 of Aristophanes'  play "Ecclesiazusae."  I'm not going to 
transcribe the Greek here, unless anyone really wants to see it, but 
here's my translation of it:
"Chorus:  For the lawgiver has promised that he won't give the 
three-obol coin to anyone who arrives terribly early in the dawn, 
covered with dust, content with having eaten only garlic-and-brine sauce 
[skorodalme] and looking like hypotrimma."

Obviously, it wasn't a terribly pretty dish...but it doesn't tell us 
much else about how they ate it. :(


Vittoria

mooncat at in-tch.com wrote:

>Almost like one uses a relish? on its own sometimes, and sometimes as a
>sandwich addition, or spread on a meat?
>--maire, who had Branston's pickle on her cheese sandwich for lunch....
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