tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807826652341078989.post169656220555420804..comments2023-11-24T06:43:02.286+00:00Comments on Aspicientes in Jesum: Cooking in LatinPastor in Montehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05949810648656544072noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807826652341078989.post-62325513118487745892008-10-10T02:00:00.000+01:002008-10-10T02:00:00.000+01:00There is an excellent book available called "Deliz...There is an excellent book available called "Delizia! The Epic History of the Italians and Their Food" by John Dickie. <BR/><BR/>Dickie attempts to trace the origins of the hedonistic delight which is Italian cuisine today from medieval times (with some references to ancient Rome). <BR/><BR/>It's a good read and includes such interesting titbits as the Cardinals being limited to bread and water during the election of a new Pope in the mid 16th century to hasten the proceedings! <BR/><BR/>Dickie also devotes a section to Platina, as well as a gentleman cald Agostino Artusi, who wrote the first recognisably modern Italian cookbbok in the 19th century, and who considered a sort of Italian Mrs Beeton. He finishes the book with the Slow Food Movement, an excellent organization which promotes artisanal cooking and food preparation, and rails against fast food and increasingly bewildering health and safety regulation (for example the use of unpastuerized milk in cheese production). <BR/><BR/>Well worth reading.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807826652341078989.post-12499263283000594862008-10-08T12:16:00.000+01:002008-10-08T12:16:00.000+01:00It stirs up lust ! I don't think I've seen that ...It stirs up lust ! I don't think I've seen that suggestion before.<BR/><BR/>Was it Samuel Johnson who once opined that men while smoking peacefully are unlikely to indulge in violence or fornication. I can't trace the allusion.<BR/><BR/>Whoever said it, it sounds like a good reason for a smoking a cigar after dinner.PeterHWrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08734936083886678494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807826652341078989.post-75401944728248386542008-10-07T08:58:00.000+01:002008-10-07T08:58:00.000+01:00I have an early 18thc. cookbook that has a recipe ...I have an early 18thc. cookbook that has a recipe for stuffing a swan with different birds of diminishing size. The book also includes remedies, including several for being bitten by a mad dog and one for syphilis. The author says that 'he and a number of gentlemen of his acquaintance have benefited from the treatment'!Deliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383433319373651830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807826652341078989.post-87610902721233429422008-10-06T20:00:00.000+01:002008-10-06T20:00:00.000+01:00Don't think my local Co-op stocks kids - or even q...Don't think my local Co-op stocks kids - or even quarters of kids! Fascinating all the same. I don't think Fr Z has had this on any of his menus - yet!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com