[Sca-cooks] : Re: was: period spice containers/storage. Now cherry stones

[Claire Clarke]

Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:13:56 -0400
From: Sharon Palmer <ranvaig at columbus.rr.com>
To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] period spice containers/storage
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>Um, aren't peach kernels poisonous? And cherry stones are very hard. I
can't
>see them softening enough to eat, even after candying. Or did people just
>suck the sugar off and get a bit of cherry flavour along with it?
>
>Angharad
>

Cherry kernels have a "nut" inside the shell, which is the part that 
is eaten.  Mahlab is made from sour cherry kernels and is still used 
a seasoning in the Middle East.  The taste is said to be a 
combination or bitter almond and cherry.

Ranvaig

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Wow, that sounds really yummy. I might have to get the hammer out come next
summer.

Angharad