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May 1, 2004 11:58 am
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In his book about the Spice Race, Giles Milton says that the Romans used nutmeg and aniseed to preserve meat and flavour wine. He seems to know a bit about...
One drink that's very popular in the summer is iron age barley water taken from Jaqui Wood's 'Prehistoric Cooking' (in fact her book contains several ...
Hi all I am pretty sure nutmeg is not a Roman spice. It doesnt figure in any recipe that I know and probably didnt become commonly used untill medieval times....
... Not early Greek or Roman ones... ... I checked in Andrew Dalby's "Dangerous Tastes". He discusses nutmeg on pp. 53-55, and mentions it in a quote from a...
Right, as Sally alludes to, there is a tradition (was it Vehling or Edwards?) of translating piper "pepper" as "nutmeg" on no authority other than that ...
Isn't there evidence of Spice Island (Molucca)--a source of nutmet--trading with Egypt. And we know nutmeg was in China from the same source. And we know that...
Thank you! I will try that. Once I had to make something for the children so I made conditum paradoxum with apple vinegar. It was quite ok, but I a am not sure...
... None i've run into that would indicate they traded directly. ... Read again the quote from Dalby i posted. If his research can be trusted, and it seems...
I am glad to see all the responses to Giles Milton's comments on nutmeg. His book on the spice and the people who risked their lives to aquire it makes lively...
Good work, all of you! Anahita in particular has answered a lot of my questions on nutmeg through her reading. The Banda Islands in Indonesia were so remote...
Dar Anahita disappeared in January into a pile of crumbling electrons. But now, Rising again from the rubble... Dar Anahita is Back! Almost all the old rooms...
I have tried the pear patina and it worked out quite well. However, I made a few changes. I cooked it as a custard and it came out fine. I supose if you went...
From Lepella, to All Salvete! I've got a nice herb garden growing this year, but I've run into a snag. A windstorm came through and blew away all my tags....
It's not rue, and from what little I know abut borage that sounds right to me. Someone who knows more want to comment? [Non-text portions of this message have...
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Jun 1, 2004 12:53 pm
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Good day all, I have a luncheon in a few weeks . I am looking for some idea for meat recipes that are good served cool for maybe 15 -20 . I have a few ideas...
... That would definitely be borage. Rue has small glossy leaves -- never tasted it, but I believe it's one of the traditional "bitter herbs". Heather -- ...
Rue or Borage: It should be borage...Borage in commonly know for its melony or cucumber flavor and the young leaves are often used in salads as a replacement...
In a message dated 6/2/04 9:04:44 AM US Eastern Standard Time, ... that is an excellent idea! thanks for the input. It was requested to do a buffet style...
Any ideas on where to get tejpat (cassia) leaf (malobathram)? ... Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now ...
In a message dated 6/2/04 9:04:44 AM US Eastern Standard Time, ... Salve, Hmm i have been hunting throught my books. Are you by chanch refering to Apicius 84...
... I live in Berkeley California USA. We have a fairly large South Asian population here. So i went to some South Asian markets. All i could find was bay...
Rue grows in trifoliate clusters from nodes off a woody stem, which looks a little like an ash or larch tree (small). The leaves are sort of mitten shaped &...
Sheila Michaels
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Jun 4, 2004 1:11 am
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Hi all I have never found any malabathrum either. Its very vexing as I am sure it is very different to bay. There is a fare amount of bayleaf in Apicius and...
I read somewhere, and please don't take it as gospel because I forget where I read it, that rue is or may be a carcinogen. Abortifacient or anaphrodisiac is...
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