[Sca-cooks] Apicius question(s)

[Sharon Palmer]

>On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 17:29:53 -0400
>  Sharon Palmer <ranvaig at columbus.rr.com> wrote:
>
>>Hing or Heeng is another word for Asafetida.  Silphium was similar 
>>to asafotida, which was considered an inferior substitute.
>
>thanks everyone!  i am no longer feeling so grumpy about being 
>confused about the recipes in general.  usually i can figure things 
>out pretty well.
>
>and "Cooking Apicius" is now on it's way from amazon, since i really 
>don't know if i like roman 60 bucks worth... yet.

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Ranvaig