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Pick'll, Part Two
Mid-Week Resolution Recipe, second attempt: On Cucumbers.
1 cucumber (6-7 oz)
1/2 cup white wine vinegar
1/4 cup olive oil
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp each of any or all: pepper, cumin, dill.
Peel the cucumber and cut it in half crosswise and lengthwise. Seed if needed. Dice each quarter into small pieces no bigger than 1/2 inch. This should yield ~2 cups.
In a large bowl, combine all ingredients and let them marinate for at least 3 hours. This "pickle" will keep up to a week in the fridge.
Pepper, cumin, and dill are all categorized as hot and dry in humoural theory.
Sources
Milham, Mary Ella, ed. Platina: On Right Pleasure and Good Health. Tempe, Ariz: Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, 1998. ISBN 0866982086.
Arano, Luisa Cogliati. Oscar Ratti and Adele Westbrook, trans. The Medieval Health Handbook (Tacuinum Sanitatis). New York: G. Braziller, 1976. ISBN 0807608084.
What worked: Easy. More accurate than the previous attempt. I used a quart mason jar and shook with the lid on to mix everything.
What didn't: The wife ate it all before I had a chance to try it.
Will I make it again? I'll put it in the tourney cookbook - it's an easy dish to make ahead for a hot day. Also, I'd actually like to try the recipe.
The two previous varieties are eaten cut up in pieces with salt, oil and vinegar, once the rind has been removed and the seeds dug out. Some sprinkle spices on them after they have been cut up in pieces to repress their chill. (On Right Pleasure, Book IX, 1465)
1 cucumber (6-7 oz)
1/2 cup white wine vinegar
1/4 cup olive oil
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp each of any or all: pepper, cumin, dill.
Peel the cucumber and cut it in half crosswise and lengthwise. Seed if needed. Dice each quarter into small pieces no bigger than 1/2 inch. This should yield ~2 cups.
In a large bowl, combine all ingredients and let them marinate for at least 3 hours. This "pickle" will keep up to a week in the fridge.
Pepper, cumin, and dill are all categorized as hot and dry in humoural theory.
Sources
Milham, Mary Ella, ed. Platina: On Right Pleasure and Good Health. Tempe, Ariz: Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, 1998. ISBN 0866982086.
Arano, Luisa Cogliati. Oscar Ratti and Adele Westbrook, trans. The Medieval Health Handbook (Tacuinum Sanitatis). New York: G. Braziller, 1976. ISBN 0807608084.
What worked: Easy. More accurate than the previous attempt. I used a quart mason jar and shook with the lid on to mix everything.
What didn't: The wife ate it all before I had a chance to try it.
Will I make it again? I'll put it in the tourney cookbook - it's an easy dish to make ahead for a hot day. Also, I'd actually like to try the recipe.
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