Re: [CH] OT: Medieval cooking

Doug Irvine (dirvin@bc.sympatico.ca)
Fri, 09 Oct 1998 20:21:42 -0700

Signe Shivers wrote:
> 
> I remember reading that medieval cooks used spices to mask the taste of
> rancid meat.They would also color the meat. Apparently Green was a
> common color for pork, making "Green Eggs and Ham" more believable.
> Believe it or not.
> 
> Signe Shivers
Could you not do this for your non chile head offspring? And add a
little GREEN chile??Sorta slide her into it, as we had to do for our
Danish son-in-law??Go ahead, I dare you! Chile is good for
everyone....Cheers, Doug in BC