[Sca-cooks] [Sca-cooks]Translations of Portuguese cookbook online

[Robin Carroll-Mann]

On 8 Jun 2003, at 14:39, Faerisa wrote:

> Here are  a few more recipes translated from:
> A 15th century Portuguese cookbook (in Portuguese) is now online at the Virtual
> Cervantes Library.http://cervantesvirtual.com/FichaObra.html?portal=0&Ref=10453
[much snippage]
> add into it 4 yolks and 2 whites; continue stirring; add then a little cumin,
> pepper of the kingdom(I'm not sure which spice they're refering to),

According to Gernot Katzer's Spice Page (an excellent resource!) "pimento-
do-reino" is just a synomym for black pepper.
http://www-ang.kfunigraz.ac.at/~katzer/engl/index.html


Brighid ni Chiarain *** mka Robin Carroll-Mann
Barony of Settmour Swamp, East Kingdom
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