[Sca-cooks] Period or no?

[Carol Eskesen Smith]

Yeah, Phil; the one time I had them homemade, there was w world of 
difference!  Homemade'e not just "almost edible", but god!

Regards,
Brekke (Happy gramma of Logan Draven Butcher)


>From: "Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius" <adamantius.magister at verizon.net>
>Reply-To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
>To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
>Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Period or no?
>Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 12:28:33 -0400
>
>Also sprach Kathleen A Roberts:
>>On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 11:47:23 -0400
>>  "Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius" <adamantius.magister at verizon.net> 
>>wrote:
>>>Also sprach Kirsten Houseknecht:
>>>>1 what, if i may inquire, is a "Harvard Beet"?
>>>
>>>Harvard beets are boiled beets, sliced, diced, or shredded, in a sauce 
>>>made from their cooking liquid, thickened with cornstarch or arrowroot, 
>>>with a little butter swirled in.
>>
>>i add a pinch of sugar, a dash of powdered cloves and a small slurp of 
>>vinegar along with the butter and cornstarch.
>>
>>cailte
>
>Yeah, that seems pretty consistent with the recipes I've looked at. Mace or 
>nutmeg might be good, too. I'm fully prepared to accept the fact that 
>there'll be variants that are quite good. Unfortunately the Harvard Beets 
>I've encountered have been commercial products that have always resembled 
>beets in a slightly sweet-and-sour, vividly-colored glue.
>
>Adamantius
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