[Sca-cooks] Cooking fats in period England

[Bronwynmgn at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/17/2005 1:45:42 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
kmadsen12000 at yahoo.com writes:

<<Also, I've never seen reference in period manuscripts
to  bread served with butter spread upon it.  It seems
more like a modern  convention that is a society-wide
practice.>>
 
There's a quote from some period author about some weird foreigners who  
spread butter on their bread and give it to their children to eat...Hang on, let  
me see if I have it saved somewhere...It must be on the old computer  still.  
Anybody remember what it is?
 
Brangwayna