[Sca-cooks] herb seasoning question

[Daniel Myers]

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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