[Sca-cooks] Spices and the Irish Common folk

[Helen Schultz]

Thank you everyone for your quick and informative responses... I now have 
something of substance to counter my father's "know-it-all-ism" <grin>. 
Johnnae, I especially liked your info <grin>.

I'd "conveniently forgotten" the fact that most of the recipes we have are 
from the wealthy... <sigh>.  I do like some of the info about the fact that 
the common folk wouldn't have eaten this dish as a rule... as my father 
keeps harping back to "how the common folk would have prepared this dish."

In my e-mail, by the way, I'd only mentioned 14th century recipes as that is 
the earliest ones "I" knew of  <grin>.

I'll let you know what his response it to this information... I bet he still 
counters that he is more correct <grin>.

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