[Sca-cooks] Period substitute for tomatoes?

[Antonia Calvo]

Judith Epstein wrote:
> Anyone got an idea of what to substitute for tomatoes in things like 
> tabbouleh, Jerusalem salad (entirely made of cucumbers, tomatoes, and 
> onions, plus oil and spices), or the various biryanis and other Indian 
> cooking which heavily features tomatoes or tomato paste? Tomatoes make 
> up such a big part of my modern diet that I'm having trouble figuring 
> out how to do without them in my medieval life.
>


I think this is a backwards appproach to period cookery.  Have you tried 
looking at some of the available period resources?

-- 
Antonia di Benedetto Calvo

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Habeo metrum - musicamque,
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