[Sca-cooks] Re Daniel's Fish Story

Sandra Kisner sjk3 at cornell.edu
Mon May 16 08:45:48 PDT 2005


>         From Pleyn Delit, first edition, redacted from Forme of Curye...
>Take Makerels and smyte hem on pecys; cast hem on water and verious; seep hem
>with myntes and with oother erbes; color it greene or yelow, and mess it
>forth.
>
>      2-3 mackerel, amounting to at least 2 lb fish
>      1 C water, Salted
>      1-4 C vinegar (white has least discolouring effect - but I like cider)
>      4 large sprigs parsley and 3 or so of fresh mint (if dried mint, ca 1T)
>      3-4 scallions or green onions

Is this "0.25 C vinegar" or "1 to 4 C vinegar"?  I would have assumed 0.25 
c if it weren't for the 3-4 scallions.

Sandra 




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