A Salpicon in 8 Steps
As the authors of 1737’s The Whole Duty of a Woman put it, “A Salpicon is a Sort of Ragoo.” Bless them and their phonetic spelling of ragout, but look at this pantry emptier of a recipe:
Old recipes are weird. We translate them.
As the authors of 1737’s The Whole Duty of a Woman put it, “A Salpicon is a Sort of Ragoo.” Bless them and their phonetic spelling of ragout, but look at this pantry emptier of a recipe:
This recipe from The Whole Duty of a Woman… has us wondering if anything is real. Is it all a farce? Even the beef? Those ‘Where’s the Beef?’ ladies from the Wendy’s commercials would love this one:
For this one, we’re digging into 1737’s The Whole Duty of a Woman: Or, an Infallible Guide to the Fair Sex… What do they mean by patty? Like a burger? And why is it petty? Well, let’s take a look: