[Sca-cooks] Pickles from Ein Boke de Guter Spise

[Stefan li Rous]

Adamantius replied to Guenievre with:
<<< On Jun 23, 2006, at 9:58 AM, Guenievre de Monmarche wrote:
> Flavor caraway seeds and anise with pepper and with vinegar and
> with honey.
> And make it gold with saffron. And add thereto mustard. In this
> condiment
> you may make sulze (pickled or marinated) parsley, and small
> preserved fruit
> and vegetables, or beets, which(ever) you want.

This is almost identical to the English compost recipes, except there
the vegetable content is specified pretty clearly (it's a mixture).

The recipe shows up in various forms in French, English, and German
sources (not to mention something pretty close in Apicius). It seems
like most often the vegetables so preserved are a mix, or beets,
carrots or cucumbers. Cabbage cut into squares, or even cauliflower
(assuming no issues with its region-specific periodicity) would also
be good. >>>

I seem to remember a lot more different vegetables than this,  
especially more root vegetables, in the compost recipes.

For more info on compost, including period recipes and some  
redactions, see this Florilegium file:
compost-msg       (72K)  3/ 7/05    A pickled food of fruits and  
vegetables.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD/compost-msg.html

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