[Sca-cooks] Sca-cooks Digest, Vol 81, Issue 27
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JIMCHEVAL at aol.com
Mon Jan 21 12:49:40 PST 2013
Not impossible, but fat was eaten on its own (depending on how you read the
Latin, it might have been served to Charlemagne). And the Franks, like all
Germans, had butter (which some Germans used in their hair as well).
Jim Chevallier
www.chezjim.com
Newly translated from Pierre Jean-Baptiste Le Grand d'Aussy:
Eggs, Cheese and Butter in Old Regime France
In a message dated 1/21/2013 12:40:27 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
osermart at msu.edu writes:
I'd bet (without any documentation to back myself up) that the bowl of fat
is possibly/probably drippings from the roast meats to schmear on bread
along with the meal. James Herriot (yeah, I know, not a cook) described a
similar experience in one of his books where he described a sea voyage
accompanying a flock of sheep from England to Russia - big pans of dripping
served with the other dishes and smeared on (I think) rye bread.
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