>
>I'd love the recipes! The recipes with no measurements are a
>challenge, lol. Trader Joes (if you are near one) has a pretty good
>selection of nuts, including ground almonds and hazlenuts (not sure
>what you need but I'll check out the thread).
>
>I have a couple Roman cookbooks, as well. _Cookery and Dining in
>Imperial Rome_ edited & translated by Vehlig and Herklotz's
translation
>of Giacosa's _A Taste of Ancient Rome_. Maybe I'll add some of those
>recipes and redactions to my website.
>
>_A Taste of Ancient Rome_ has this recipe:
>
>Squash Alexandrian Style
>(translated by Herklotz)
>"Squash Alexandrian Style: Squeeze the excess water from boiled
squash,
>sprinkle with salt and place in a pan. Grind pepper, cumin, coriander
>seeds, fresh mint, and silphium root. Moisten with vinegar. Add the
>dates and pine nuts; grind. Mix with honey, vinegar, garum, defructum
>and oil, and pour over the squash. When they are boiled, sprinkle
with
>pepper and serve."
>
>May I ask what you use for garum and defructum? I use the thai fish
>sauce for the garum steeped with period spices. For defructum I came
>upon grape molasses in a middle-eastern grocery store. The grape
>molasses is delicious and I felt it an excellent substitution.
>
>Aloha!
>
>Barb
Our pumpkin recipes seem similar. Yes I used the Thai fish sauce. No
Trader Joes on this island. I don't even know if Oahu has one.

And what is the URL of your website?

OT, do you live in Hawaii?

aloha,
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