[Sca-cooks] Devilled Eggs (was: Out of the food topic altogether rant Authenticitypolice)

[henna]

On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 21:19:43 -0500, Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius
<adamantius.magister at verizon.net> wrote:
> Also sprach Bill Fisher:
> >On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 01:30:03 +0100, henna <hennar at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >>  They aren't fried in lard, but in butter or turnipfat :)
> >>
> >
> >What is "turnipfart"  - I am not familiar with this?
> >
> >Anyone?
> 
> Rapeseed oil? Which is, I believe, a period cooking fat in Northern Europe?

I think rapeseed oil as well, It's an oil made from the seeds of
turnips (pretty yellow flowers :)), at least if turnip is indeed
Brassica rapa 'cause otherwise there's a translation error.

Finne

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