[Sca-cooks] re Nuts; The Walnut

[Daniel Myers]

On Sep 10, 2005, at 3:35 PM, Daniel Phelps wrote:

> Does anyone have any information regarding period recipes for pickled
> walnut, marmalade or walnut preserves?  Has anyone tasted any of  
> these?  How
> about walnut brandy?


I've never tried it out, but there's this one:

WALNUT PRESERVE. Take, before St. John's Day, fresh walnuts and peel  
them and pierce them, and put to soak in cold water for nine days,  
and each day renew the water: then let them dry, and fill the holes  
with cloves and ginger, and boil in honey, and thus keep them  
preserved.  [Le Menagier de Paris (Janet Hinson, trans.)]


- Doc


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