[Sca-cooks] Question about watermelon...

[Kathleen A Roberts]

On Fri, 20 May 2005 21:30:28 -0500
  "Terry Decker" <t.d.decker at worldnet.att.net> wrote:

> And from Apicius, "long and round melons: <dressing:> 
>pepper, pennyroyal,honey or passum, liquamen, and 
>vinegar.  Sometimes asafoetida is added."
> 
> Obviously, known and eaten (at least around the Med) 
>from Antiquity to the Renaissance.

oo0oooo  and something yo DO with them.  i was thinking of 
a spiced melon syrup over something else.

finding things to look for... husband thinks melons are 
evil in seige... says i should do it.... but people will 
hate me.....

heavy is the head that the carved watermelon crown lies 
on.... ;)

cailte
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