WHAT OUR FOREFATHERS ATE.
A -German paper publishes an interesting article on the lost dishes of the Middle Ages. It"seems that the art' of cooking has declined,, and that is in part due to the changing fashions in the Middle Ages many vegetables were eaten which have; long since disappeared from the table, such as violet leaves, mixed with young nettles, thistles, and green wheat,., and ooiled hemp seeds:: Salads were made>of mallow leaves, celery roots, and purslane, mixed with salt and pepper, for oil was almost unknown. Olive oil wa»Si considered to smack of effeminacy and Italian luxury. Horse radish sauce was used instead.
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Colonist, Volume LVI, Issue 13896, 31 December 1913, Page 2
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105WHAT OUR FOREFATHERS ATE. Colonist, Volume LVI, Issue 13896, 31 December 1913, Page 2
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