[Sca-cooks] Citron

[Decker, Terry D.]

Stefan, you can't infer that citron is actually being called for from the
recipes in Platina.  He was translating recipes from Italian into Latin and
there are no Latin words for the various citrus fruits other than citron
(which arrived in the Mediterranean basin in the 4th Century BCE).  The
recipes need to be compared to the original Italian recipes by Martino
Rossi.  I believe you will find the chicken recipe actually calls for
(Seville) oranges in the original.

Bear 



> From:
> raw-fruit-vg-msg  (13K)  2/25/02    Evidence that raw fruits 
> and vegetables were 
>                                        eaten in period.
> >>>>
> ...and went through my copy of Milham's
> translation of Platina for references to uncooked fruit and veggies.
> 
> Citron: "Some eat citron cut up in cubes with salt, oil and 
> vinegar." p. 31
> <<<<
> 
> There is a recipe in Platina using citron in a chicken dish. 
> There is discussion in this file as to whether this is a 
> citron or lemon:
> >>>>>>
> De Honesta Voluptate et Valetudinae, Book VI, Chapter 17--
> 
> "17. Pullus Assus
> Pullum bene deplumatum exinanitum et lotum assabis; asso atque in
> patinam imposito, antequam refrigerat, aut succum mali citrei aut
> acrestam cum aqua rosacea saccharo ac cinnamo bene trito infundes,
> convivisque appones."
> 
> Mary Ella Millham's translation:
> 
> "17. Roast Chicken
> Roast a chicken which is well plucked, gutted and washed, and when the
> roast is placed in a dish before it cools, put lemon juice or verjuice
> on it with rose water, sugar and well-ground cinnamon, and serve it to
> your guests."
> <<<<<<<
> 
> Since you only have one citron, I imagine you would rather 
> use it for something else than this recipe where you can use 
> lemon juice or verjuice, but I've mentioned it here for 
> general knowledge.
> 
> Stefan
>