[Sca-cooks] herb seasoning question
Daniel Myers
edoard at medievalcookery.com
Wed Feb 28 15:24:50 PST 2007
On Feb 28, 2007, at 5:47 PM, Ian Kusz wrote:
> Does anyone here have experience with using asafoetida as a spice?
> I've
> read some warnings, and wanted to know what "kind" of food they use
> it in,
> if any.
For a medieval English example, Katherine Seymour Hertford's
commonplace book calls for treating toothaches with asafoetida:
Ffor the Ache of a hollow toothe
Take Asfa Ffetyda and put yt
on the tothe that ys hollow and yt wi[ll]
apease and take awaye the ache
[The commonplace book of Countess Katherine Seymour Hertford (1567)
http://www.medievalcookery.com/notes/mscodex823.txt ]
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