[Sca-cooks] Re: provencal Recipes

Sat Apr 15 06:55:34 PDT 2006

Am Samstag, 15. April 2006 10:21 schrieb David Friedman:
> >Do you mean to say that the recipes are in Occitan?  (It is related to
> >French, Spanish, and Catalan, by the way.)  I would like to see them.
> >Also, I have heard that the early 13th century northern cookery book that
> >Rudolf Grewe translated may be a translation of a Provencal cookbook.  Any
>
> thoughts?  Can anyone confirm this idea (or not)?
>
> My memory is that Grewe thought the original was from southern
> Europe, but I don't remember anything as specific as Provence.

I think Montpellier gets mentioned in this context (as does Salerno). That 
also makes sense - an academically trained doctor might keep have texts 
relating to either of these schools in the 13th century. 

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