[Sca-cooks] re Nuts; The Walnut

[Johnna Holloway]

Nostradamus included a recipe "How to Preserve  Walnuts"
in his book. It's translated in The Elixers of  Nostradamus.
It's basicly says preserve them with sugar or honey but in times
of shortages you can use the following recipes. Then there are pages
of the following recipes. He also uses walnuts in some of the cosmetics.
I don't have time at the moment to copy it out, but will do so
later if no one else.

Johnnae

> 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