[Sca-cooks] Re: Mediterranean food

[ekoogler1 at comcast.net]

Odd...because what I've read so far from the essays in "Regional Cuisines of Medieval Europe" indicates that, in the Mediterranean area, olive oil was used more than butter.  In fact, in southern France, it says that the only dairy product that was widely used was cheese.

Kiri
> >>Clifford Wright ties part of this together in his book-- A Mediterranean 
> Feast.
>  Hope this helps--
> Johnnae llyn Lewis
> 
> 
> Clifford's Wright's Website also has some essays about Italian medieval food, 
> particularly about Sicily. Apparently butter and lard were more in use there 
> than olive oil, it seems odd to me that butter in period was cheaper, but that 
> seemed to be the case.
> 
> I also found out that Clifford Wright will also take the time to write to you, 
> if you have a question you think he could answer. That's really cool.
> 
> Gianotta
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