[Sca-cooks] weird question - honey fast???
Antonia Calvo
ladyadele at paradise.net.nz
Mon Aug 11 19:44:04 PDT 2008
Laura C. Minnick wrote:
> Terry Decker wrote:
>
>>>
>> Aristotle, Pliny and Dioscorides refer to bees as animals, IIRC.
>> Their works contain a number of very solid observations and a number
>> of errors of interpretation. The probability that Medieval Europeans
>> did not consider bees animals is rather low in my opinion.
>>
> I found that in most of the bestiaries, bees are grouped with birds.
> The bestiaries are not known for accuracy, however. ;-)
>
OK, next question. Has anyone seen any recipes or instructions in
period books that suggest that honey should _not_ be used in Lent? I
can't remember ever having seen any mention of it.
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Antonia di Benedetto Calvo
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Habeo metrum - musicamque,
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-Georgeus Gershwinus
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