[Sca-cooks] Pastelli and baked flour

[Terry Decker]

I think, though I am not certain, that the English term may be "pastille" 
which derives from Latin through French.  The origin of the word is the 
Latin "pastellum" meaning "dough or paste."  The oldest definition of which 
I an aware is a small roll of fragrant dough for perfuming the air (the same 
definition is also provided to the Spanish "pastilla").   Later meanings are 
"a soft candy" and "a lozenge" (as in throat lozenge).

Bear

Also, there is a word in Martino, "pastello/pastillo," of whose meaning
Rebecca is not sure. The translator of Platina translates it as "roll,"
which is itself somewhat ambiguous. Does anyone here know what it  means?


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