[Sca-cooks] Period recipe for Pea Soup?

[Laura C. Minnick]

Kean Gryffyth wrote:
> Greetings all,
>     We're looking for a period recipe for Pea Soup. The little data 
> we've been able to find indicates that while everybody seems to have 
> had one. but because it was low-end peasant food, no-one wrote the 
> recipe down. Any leads, clues or even recipes! would be greatly 
> appreciated!
>
> -Kean
Well, there's "Green Pesen Royal" from _Ancient Cookery_ and "Perre" 
from the _Two Fifteenth-Century Cookery Books_. I especially like Perre. 
Both recipes are available in redacted for in Cariadoc's _Miscellany_, 
and he also provides the original recipes, so you can do your own 
redaction if you like.

There's a PDF of the _Miscellany_ at 
http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Medieval/miscellany_pdf/Miscellany.htm

or an alphabetical listing (with links) to the recipes only at 
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cariadoc/recipe_index.html 
<http://www.pbm.com/%7Elindahl/cariadoc/recipe_index.html>

I highly recommend the _Miscellany_ as a good starting point for 
learning the how-to of basic medieval cooking. Just be aware though- His 
Grace doesn't care for saffron, and tends to list small amounts when it 
appears in a recipe. You may want to adjust the amounts if you like 
saffron (as I do. Give me more saffron!).

'Lainie

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