[Sca-cooks] gillyflower

[Doug Bell]

There is an heraldic gillyflower we use in the SCA.
I will have a look at what plant was used for that as
well as the MED to see what it has.

Magnus



________________________________
 From: Stefan li Rous <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com>
To: SCA-Cooks maillist SCA-Cooks <SCA-Cooks at Ansteorra.org> 
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2014 9:48 PM
Subject: [Sca-cooks] gillyflower
 

Jim  Chevallier said:
<<< If I am to trust Wikipedia: 

"A gilliflower or gillyflower is:
The carnation or a similar plant  of the genus Dianthus, especially the 
Clove Pink Dianthus caryophyllus." >>>

Apparently there is some debate on when gillyflower meant what.

Gillyflower-art (8K) 6/17/01 "A Gillyflower by any Other Name Would Still Smell of Cloves" by Sarra of Caer Adamant
http://www.florilegium.org/files/PLANTS/Gillyflower-art.html

gillyflower-msg (29K) 9/27/13 Does "gillyflower" in period recipes mean "clove" or "carnation"?http://www.florilegium.org/files/PLANTS/gillyflower-msg.html

Stefan

--------
THLord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
   Mark S. Harris           Austin, Texas          StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/marksharris
**** See Stefan's Florilegium files at:  http://www.florilegium.org ****






_______________________________________________
Sca-cooks mailing list
Sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org
http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/sca-cooks-ansteorra.org