[Sca-cooks] Cheese Goo Project

[Stefan li Rous]

Serena asked:
> And then, while perusing The Original Mediterranean Cuisine I noticed
> a cheese spread type recipe from Sent Sovi. And I thought, hey, why
> not do something that looks at cheese goo type stuff across the ages.
> Starting with Moretum from Ancient times up to STC in OOP 17th
> century.

> So, the question here is, has anyone else stumbled across period
> references for a savory cheese spread type dish? I would appreciate
> any direction that could be provided.

Okay, I'm a bit confused about whether you are asking for heated,  
usually melted, cheese recipes or soft, but usually thicker cheese  
items which are spread cold upon bread or something else. Because you  
titled this thread "Cheese Goo" which I thought were just those  
similar to Digby's Savory Tosted Cheese, but you gave a spread type  
recipe.

There is a cheese spread in this file, but it may be one of those you  
mentioned:
spreads-msg       (12K) 11/29/02    Period spreads for bread. recipes.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-CONDIMENTS/spreads-msg.html

There are also the soft, fresh cheeses which have herbs added to them.
fresh-cheeses-msg (43K)  3/28/04    Fresh cheeses such as ricotta,  
cream cheese
                                        and cottage cheese. Non-aged  
cheeses.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD/fresh-cheeses-msg.html

Baked cheeses can be soft enough to spread, but thicker than the  
Savory Tosted Cheese/Cheese Goo recipes.
baked-cheese-msg  (15K)  6/18/02    Period baked cheese dishes.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD/baked-cheese-msg.html

Then if you are including the more liquid "Cheese Goo"s there are  
more than Digby's version.
cheese-goo-msg    (32K)  9/ 1/02    Digby's Savory Tosted cheese.  
melted cheese.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD/cheese-goo-msg.html

Stefan
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