[Sca-cooks] Starch was Turkish delight

[Terry Decker]

To clarify, I am referencing the usage of the word "starch" in English, 
rather than the earlier term "amydon."  Villeneuve (Villanovanus, Villa 
Nova) would have used some form of the Romance "amidon" rather than the 
Germanic "sterch."  Still, it's good to know.

Bear


> And purely by chance I now find one from Arnaud de Villeneuve (13th c) for
> an alternate thickener in blancmange.
>
> Jim  Chevallier
> (http://www.chezjim.com/) www.chezjim.com
> In a message dated 2/1/2014 5:14:26 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> t.d.decker at att.net writes:
>
> The  earliest written reference to starch as a noun I've encountered  is:
>
> "starche, for kyrcheys"
>
> Galfridus Anglicus, Promptorium  parvulorum sive clericorum: dictionarius
> anglo-latinus princeps,  1440