[Sca-cooks] Food identity search

Mem Morman mem at rialto.org
Fri Jul 30 05:32:48 PDT 2010


ohhhhh
nooooooo


the great cuskynole debate!

elaina

On 7/30/2010 2:58 AM, Stefan li Rous wrote:
> Katherine commented:
> <<<  Since I tend to learn things by looking a pictures, my visual brain is prompting me to work on ...>>>
>
> one of the two recipes in the medieval corpus which contains pictures.  The one in mind is this one
> "in Hieatt and Butler's1985 edition of Curye on
> Inglysch, so that you may make your own opinion. (th) as usual, indicates
> the letter "thorn".
>
> A mete (th)at is icleped cuskynoles. Make a past tempred wi(th) ayren,&
> so(th)(th)en nim peoren&  applen, figes&  reysins, alemaundes&  dates; bet
> am togedere&  do god poudre of gode speces wi(th)innen.&  in leynten make
> (th)i past wi(th) milke of alemaundes,&  rolle (th)i past on a bord,&
> so(th)(th)en hew hit on moni perties,&  vche an pertie beo of (th)e
> leyn(th)e of a paume&  an half&  of (th)reo vyngres of brede.&  smeor (th)y
> past al of one dole,&  so(th)(th)en do (th)i fassure wi(th)innen. | Vchan
> kake is portiooun.&  so(th)(th)en veld togedere o(th)e 3eolue manere, ase
> (th)eos fugurre is imad:
>
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> &  so(th)(th) boille in veir water,&  so(th)(th) en rost on an greudil:&
> so(th)(th)en adresse."
>
> You may have to get a copy of this book to see the actual diagram.
>
> Anyway, this simple recipe, that even has a diagram!, seems to have caused a difference of opinion on this list. Particularly between the two august members Master Adamantius and Master Cariadoc.
>
> So, we'd like to hear your opinion. Perhaps it will break the impasse.
>
> I would suggest considering the recipe on your own, first. Then looking at this file which is a *very* condensed version of a fairly long conversation upon this list some time back.
>
> cuskynoles-msg (46K) 3/30/08 A medieval fruit-filled pasta dish.
> http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD/cuskynoles-msg.html
>
> If someone can send me a jpeg of the diagram, I'd love to add it to this Florilegium file.
>
> Stefan
> IMHO, this is much more interesting than another twinkies thread...
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>     Mark S. Harris           Austin, Texas          StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
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