This may refer to the herb?s
- September 3rd, 2010
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This may refer to the herb?s ability to cure kidney and bladder stones or it may simply refer to parsley?s natural growing habitat in the Mediterranean. Although the Greeks used parsley medicinally and Homer recorded that warriors fed it to their horses, the Romans were first to use the herb as a food. They consumed parsley in great quantity and made garlands for banquet guests to discourage intoxication and to counter strong odours. Here is a recipe for a parsley sauce, reputedly a favourite of King Henry Vlll’s, for pouring on his roast rabbit. It comes from The Treasurie of Hidden Secrets and Commodious Conceits by John Partridge (1586):
Take a handfull of washed Parsley, mince it small, boyle it with butter and verjuice upon a chafing dish, season it with sugar and a little pepper grosse beaten; when it is ready put in a fewe crumbs of white bread amongst the other: let it boyle againe till it be thicke, then laye it in a platter, like the breadth of three fingers, laye of each side one rosted conny [rabbit] and so serve them.
Here?s one that?s easier to follow:
Parsley Sauce
? 2 Tbsp.
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