[Sca-cooks] Re: Sca-cooks Digest, Vol 29, Issue 12

[Volker Bach]

Am Freitag, 7. Oktober 2005 01:08 schrieb LdyCalais at aol.com:
> Might anyone have a GOOD, period recipe for Brussel Sprouts?  I would, 
> very much, appreciate any and all ideas!

I don't know whether any Brussels Sprouts have been identified in period (I 
read their origin is usually placed between the 16th and 18th century, 
depending on who you ask), but there is one recipe in Pleyn Delit that 
prepares 'small cabbage shoots' (interpreted by the authors as close to 
Brussels Sprouts, though not the same thing) like a salad, with herbs and 
vinegar. The 'Liber de Coquina' speak of 'delicate (small) cabbages for 
Lords' that are to be made with egg white and fennel, but does not elaborate 
further. My first guess would be either thickened with egg, or baked.

Giano


	

	
		
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