[Sca-cooks] polenta

[Stefan li Rous]

<<< The Known World Handbook is a suspect source in itself and  
anything that
bills itself as pilaf may be questionable as pilaf is a late addition to
English.  Rather than all the flim-flam, why not use (Cato, IIRC) a  
period
recipe for polenta that is a demostrable method for preparing grain from
Antiquity to the Modern Eras?

Bear >>>

I can't remember if Cato's recipe is in here, but here are some  
polenta discussion and recipes.
polenta-msg       (33K)  7/22/10  Period polenta. Wheat and maize  
polenta.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-BREADS/polenta-msg.html

Iam did request something popular though, and I'm not sure that  
polenta fits that request in the SCA.

Stefan

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