[Sca-cooks] period foods and allergiesTests, Argan oil, What else??

[Daniel Myers]

On Feb 11, 2004, at 10:02 AM, Kirsten Houseknecht wrote:

> well, i am trying to figure out how to manage a period feast, with no 
> garlic
> (or very little)
> now i can justify a lot under the "we ran out of garlic" theory.. but i
> would prefer recipes with no or very little garlic
>
> i am allergic enough that i cant touch the stuff to bare skin.

Of course a lot depends on the time period, but there are heaps of 
period recipes that don't use garlic.  It only shows up in 11 of the 
nearly 500 recipes in "Two Fifteenth-Century Cookery Books" (2%), in 12 
of the 286 recipes in "Forme of Cury" (4%), and doesn't show up at all 
in any of the 50 recipes in "A Proper newe Booke of Cokerye".

In fact I think I've used garlic only once in the period recipes I've 
tried out so far - but then I'm concentrating primarily on 14th and 
15th century England.  If you're looking for any particular type of 
recipe let me know and I'll be happy to try and help search through the 
sources I have.

- Doc


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