[Sca-cooks] What Not to Eat

[patrick.levesque at elf.mcgill.ca]

Sounds like haschisch. Don't know much about it's history beyond the usual
hearsay, but I would agree the odor can be incommodating. Not to mention the
actual effects of consumption on the 'respectful, decorous' behavior of the
said young men.

Petru


Selon Robin Carroll-Mann <rcmann4 at earthlink.net>:

> I was hunting through the _Arte de Cortar_, a 1423 Spanish carving
> manual, and came across something unexpected.  The author is discussing
> the ideal habits and qualities of young men who are to serve the King at
> table.  They should be clean, respectful, decorous, etc.  Then he says,
> "Concerning this, they must keep themselves from things contrary to the
> said conditions and customs; especially, from eating garlic, onions,
> leeks, and cilantro, shallots, and the electuary of hemp leaf, which the
> Moors call alhaxixa."
>
> An electuary is a medical compound, made into a paste with honey, or
> with sugar and water.  (De Nola has a recipe for an electuary of sour
> cherries, meant to stimulate the appetite of invalids.)  The 1729 RAE
> dictionary says that hemp leaves have an "abominable odor".  So, is
> electuary of hemp a cause of bad breath?
>
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