[Sca-cooks] Hester Spoon Nuts

[Terry Decker]

If it's Pre-Columbian, then forget cashews.  They are a tropical New world
nut from Anacardium occidentale.

Bear


>> I'm running the Hester Spoon contest for Angels Anniversary in a couple
>of weeks and I am advising entrants that all the ingredients have to be
>known to pre-Columbian Europe.  Period recipes a plus but not required.
>This is not all that difficult, is it?  The theme ingredient is "Nuts"
>> since the event theme is A Feast Of Fools.
>>
>> Selene, jester to the court of Angels
>
>    There are all kinds of recipes!  Take almonds for instance . . . . . .
>there's also hazelnuts/filberts, pignola, cashews,  and prolly others I
>can't remember.  All kinds of recipes from sauces to main dishes, to sides,
>to sweets.   Won't be difficult -- even for a beginner.
>
>Caointiarn