[Sca-cooks] Turnsole was Fruit Mustard of Cremona

[Terry Decker]

Turnsole is a general reference to plants that turn to face the sun as it 
progresses across the sky.  It also specifically refers to the dye extracted 
from those plants.  The source of Medieval turnsole is most likely the juice 
of  Crozophora tinctoria AKA dyer's crook carrier or dyer's litmus.  It is 
also produced from the sap of Heliotorpium europaeum, but this plant is 
poisonous.

Bear


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[**Note: scholars are not quite certain what
turnsol is, but clearly it makes food reddish]
& boil with [it] to give
a very red color, & let it boil
like syrup, & mix therein that which
you have minced, & mix the mustard
with (it), put enough of the syrup, &
serve in some little dishes three or
four spoonfuls to put on the table
with the roast.

This is my initial rough translation, but i think it is clear enough.

Sure sounds delicious to me!
-- 
Urtatim [that's err-tah-TEEM]
the persona formerly known as Anahita