[Sca-cooks] Recipe to cure leprosy

[Susan Lord]

On 18 Oct 2015, at 21:04, sca-cooks- wrote:JIMCHEVAL
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> "Averroes says that among all birds a young hen that is fat is the  
> healthiest bird and has the property of making a good nature. Its broth does the  
> same and is good for lepers."
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> Though he only says it is good for lepers, not that it will cure  them.
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> He also says:
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> "The meat of a hedgehog is good for lepers."
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> So you could always try cooking one of those.
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I see a misunderstanding with the title of this blog. There is no recipe to cure leprosy in the medieval manuscripts I have reviewed but as you say there are recipes good for lepers,  principally young chicken. 

As a result I used Nola’s “Smooth sauce for fowl in the pot adapted from his Salsa Lisa para Volateria de Olla for my blog on Lepra as I did not have a hedgehog handy. The result is a thick chicken soup most delicious, perfect for a cold autumn day. It will be published on November 20th.