[Sca-cooks] greengage plums

[Terry Decker]

Greengage plums are a variety of plum having skin color of greenish yellow
or yellowish green.  They are named after Sir William Gage, an 18th Century
botanist, so I suspect they may be a post period hybrid.

Bear


>Well, there are some period plum recipes in this Florilegium file, but
nothing on *greengage* plums. How do greengage plums differ from other
plums?
>plums-msg         (24K)  2/ 6/04    Period plums and plum recipes.
>http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-FRUITS/plums-msg.html
>
>Stefan