[Mid] Dutch Food

Hroar wrote:

>And i found some really intriguing aspects in the large painting you
>mention ("Meat Pantry of an Inn, With the Virgin Giving Alms", by Pieter
>Aertsen, 1551) ... btw...what was that in
>that large mixing bowl? It almost looked like lard, at least in spots and
>especially around the hollowed out areas around the dipping spoon.

According to the accompanying book it was lard. Did you notice the odd-shaped
lump of butter on the extreme left?

>OTOH..there was the painitng with the large standing pie with the add-on
>strips of pie crust to add decoration..very tall, and broken open....what
>WAS that filling? Errrghhh...]

It was a "sweetmeat" pie. Mostly fruit filling; might have had some meat in
in but we recognized figs, etc. Can't find my notes right now and the picture
is fairly small in the accompanying book.

Alys Katharine
From: alysk@ix.netcom.com
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Received on Fri Dec 31 08:31:29 1999