[Sca-cooks] Getting the most use out of a particular food

[lilinah at earthlink.net]

Compost - the sweetened, pickled, spiced, preserved mixture of 
vegetables, fruit, and nuts - is both English and French - and 
there'a a simpler German version as well - from the 14th and 15th 
centuries.

My version is here:
http://witch.drak.net/lilinah/compost.html

I arrived at my recipe by comparing original recipes in Form of Curye 
and Le Menagier and with much assistance from a number of people on 
this very list.

It was a lot of work, but, then, i made a tad over 2 gallons of it. 
The hardest part was paring and cutting up all 15 pounds of the 
vegetables all alone. If you have even one person helping, that will 
make it easier and much more pleasant. None of it is difficult, it 
just takes several days to make and occupies some space in the 
kitchen.

Anahita