[Sca-cooks] When meat isn't meat

[Robin Carroll-Mann]

Daniel Myers wrote:

> Maybe "char" has that meaning in Middle-French, but I'm not sure.  In  
> 15th century English there are recipes that use "char" to refer to  
> the flesh of fruit.  Both of the examples below have their names  
> clearly taken from French.

"Carne" has a similar usage in Spanish.  It means "meat" or "flesh", but 
one can refer to flesh of quince ("carne de membrillos") and other fruits.

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