[Sca-cooks] Introductions.. And Meat Pies

[Daniel Myers]

On Jun 15, 2005, at 9:54 AM, Vladimir Armbruster wrote:

> *raises an eyebrow*
> Canning.
> Compost.
>
> Doc, I'm a little afraid.  What is compost?

As others have said, pickled rood vegetables.  The recipe I use is  
online at:
http://www.medievalcookery.com/recipes/compost.html

I believe that somewhere along the line, the meaning of the word  
compost shifted to its current gardening-related sense, and an  
offshoot (compote) took over its food related niche.


- Doc


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