[Sca-cooks] Runners/longieres instead of napkins?

[JIMCHEVAL at aol.com]

Lovely image. I would think something that diaphanous would be silk,  no?

All this makes me wonder if this was yet another Eastern import that  came 
to France after the Crusades. 
 
Jim  Chevallier

Comparing early and late medieval food in France
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In a message dated 6/30/2013 3:12:45 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
lilinah at earthlink.net writes:

http://home.earthlink.net/~al-tabbakhah/longiera_in_use.jpg

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