[Sca-cooks] tarts vs. pies, a bit of help
Robin Carroll-Mann
rcmann4 at earthlink.net
Tue Mar 1 07:02:58 PST 2005
Jadwiga Zajaczkowa / Jenne Heise wrote:
>
> Actually, no. The recipe we're looking at is, I think: O MAKE A TART,
> take four handfuls of beet-leaves, two handfuls of parsley, one
> handful of chervil, a bit of turnip-top and two handfuls of spinach,
> and clean them and wash them in cold water, then chop very small:
[snip]
If it is this recipe, then the French word used is "tourte".
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/menagier/menagier15.html
The ARTFL dictionaries were singularly unhelpful, and would only say
that it's a kind of pastry.
Brighid, who ought to be making soup
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Lady Brighid ni Chiarain
Barony of Settmour Swamp, East Kingdom
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