[Sca-cooks] Redacting another Jewish dish (fwd)

[Robin Carroll-Mann]

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From: jenne at fiedlerfamily.net

The authors don't give enough information to tell _why_ the Swiss chard
recipe was so important, though it appears it is probably from the
testimony of Maria Alvarez's maid, Francesca, who would have been quite
knowledgeable about cookery. Presumably this was not the preferred
preparation method for old-Christian cooks. Whether it was a preferred
cooking method for Jews is not given. It's possible that the dish was
served on a special occasion, such as a funeral, since not eating meat at
a funeral was considered a symptom of Judaizing, or Francesca may have
been highlighting the use of oil instead of bacon fat.

-- Pani Jadwiga Zajaczkowa, Knowledge Pika jenne at fiedlerfamily.net

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The authors' translation doesn't include the beginning phrase, "On FRIDAYS... her mistress used to make..."  [Emphasis added]  I think the significant thing is that she was making a certain dish regularly on Fridays.  This would be an indication to the Inquisitors that the woman might have been secretly observing the Jewish Sabbath.  I don't think the absense of bacon fat is an issue here, since Christians would be abstaining from meat on Fridays.

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