[Sca-cooks] Ambergris

Johnna Holloway johnnae at mac.com
Wed Mar 14 12:42:17 PDT 2018


A book on the topic is 
Floating Gold: A Natural (and Unnatural) History of Ambergris, published 2012,
It’s by Christopher Kemp <https://www.amazon.com/Christopher-Kemp/e/B005XKN04K/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1>. It can be searched on Amazon.
Johnnae
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>> On Mar 14, 2018, at 2:28 PM, David Friedman <ddfr at daviddfriedman.com> wrote:
>> 
>> According to the article, its use in cooking started after the end of SCA period.
>> 
>> Anyone here know of earlier evidence?
>> 
>> 
>> On 3/14/18 4:42 AM, Johnna Holloway wrote:
>>> Another ingredient used then but not obtainable for US citizens today.
>>> 
>>> https://www.atlasobscura.com/foods/ambergris-whale-excrement-ice-cream?utm_source=Gastro+Obscura+Weekly+E-mail&utm_campaign=e4f696e3a6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_2418498528-e4f696e3a6-67130505&mc_cid=e4f696e3a6&mc_eid=7baf919868
>>> 
>>> Johnnae
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