[Sca-cooks] Food for a Demo

jenne at fiedlerfamily.net jenne at fiedlerfamily.net
Tue Apr 8 20:32:12 PDT 2008


> Gyngerbrede is spiced, this brings up spices, which bring to mind/to
> conversion the myth that people have heard about spices and medieval food.
> Does that help?


And I find that gyngerbred is a lovely way of pointing out that spices
weren't used to cover the taste of anything-- but just because people
*liked* them.

Of course I always point out that each cuisine has its own special favored
herbs and spices-- like red/hot peppers in American cuisine.




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