[Sca-cooks] Soup suggestions
Daniel Phelps
phelpsd at gate.net
Sat Nov 27 19:37:44 PST 2004
Was written:
I need a good hearty soup. I have some ham
> {and the bone} left over from our last Shire event, but not enough
servings
> for 80 people. I thought to use it for a soup, but I am looking for a
> different legume. We have overdone lentils and chickpeas. Are small navy
> beans within our period of study? something else?
>
I could swear that there is another bean, about the size of a lima bean,
that is period. It's the faval (feve) bean also called the haricot, isn't
it? That being said alternatively you could use white or yellow peas and do
a ham variation on the Onion-Pea Soup listed on page 104 of "Early French
Cookery". Tell everyone it's from Alsace Lorraine, i.e almost/kind
of/second cousin/low German.
Daniel
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