[Sca-cooks] sops and sippets

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On Jan 26, 2010, at 9:18 PM, Ian Kusz wrote:

> He's probably thinking of this quote:
> 
> "About three quarters after eleven, have your slice dried bread ready in a
> dish, and pour a ladleful of the broth upon it. Let it stew covered upon a
> Chafing-dish. When that is soaked in, put on more. So continue till it be
> well *mittonée*, and the bread grown spungy, and like a gelly. Then fill up
> the dish with broth, and put the Hen and Veal upon it, and cover them over
> with herbs, and so serve it in."

I believe it was from either Markham or Plat. Honestly, I'm in the middle of trying to figure which of the two almost simultaneous funerals of good friends, hundreds of miles apart, I'll be able to attend, so this is not a high priority item for me just now...

Adamantius




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