[Sca-cooks] Lobster in Period

[Char Clary]

I happen to own two fifteenth century cookery books and I know there is a
recipe in there for lobster (lopster) boiled but it doesn't specify a type.
That does give you an earlier recipe however.


On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 3:56 PM, Aline Swynbrook
<alineswynbrook at yahoo.com>wrote:

> I am currently working on a menu for an A&S entry and am trying to do some
> research on lobster in period.  Does anyone have any sources on which
> species might be correct?  I am finding documentation on Homarus Gammarus
> (common European lobster) from 1708, but haven't seen anything earlier.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Aline
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