[Sca-cooks] Rue Substitute?

[David Friedman]

Anahita wrote:

>A friend is making an Apician recipe, Aliter Dulcis (Book 7, Section 
>13, Recipe 5), which uses pine nuts, honey, rue, milk, passum, and 
>eggs.
>
>She doesn't have rue. In his book on Apicius, Jonathan Edwards 
>suggests rosemary as a substitute for rue, but i'm skeptical of this.
>
>Does anyone have a suggestion for a substitute for rue?
>
>Anahita

We have rue in the front garden. [Brief pause to go taste some 
again.] I'm no good at describing tastes, but it is bitter and it 
doesn't taste at all like rosemary. I'm not sure what I would suggest 
as a substitute. Does she live near here?

Elizabeth/Betty Cook