[Sca-cooks] moretum

[Sue Clemenger]

Does he use the cheese....
in a rue-ben sandwich?
Is his wife...rue-benesque?
--Maire, who's been waiting all day with these....
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robin Carroll-Mann" <rcmann4 at earthlink.net>
To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] moretum


> A-HEM!  You're missing the point here, people.  Let's return to the 
> original source of the recipe, which is a poem by Virgil, describing how 
> a Roman farmer prepares his morning meal. 
> http://virgil.org/appendix/moretum.htm
> He's a poor man, who lives a simple life.  His larder has no smoked meat 
> hanging in it, only a large cheese.  Over and over, Virgil inserts 
> details to emphasise that this is an uncouth backcountry fellow .  His 
> garment is a hairy goatskin, and he sings "country ditties" while he 
> grinds grain for his flatbread, or talks to himself in "rustic speech".
> 
> Naturally, rue is one of the herbs in this recipe.  After all, it's 
> breakfast for a rube.
> 
> Brighid, I don't need no steenkin' Rock
> 
> -- 
> 
> Brighid ni Chiarain
> Barony of Settmour Swamp, East Kingdom
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