Tuesday, July 15, 2003
The British and Lasagna
First, the French claimed to have invented cricket. Now, the Brits -- the natural home of every form of bad cuisine there ever was (sorry, Germany) -- claim to have invented Lasagna. I guess all that remains to be done is for me to lay claim to the Vatican.
Lasagne is British. It's so British the court of Richard II was making it in the 14th Century and most likely serving it up to ravenous knights in oak-panelled banqueting halls. The claim has been made by researchers who found the world's oldest cookery book, The Forme of Cury, in the British Museum.
Lasagne is British. It's so British the court of Richard II was making it in the 14th Century and most likely serving it up to ravenous knights in oak-panelled banqueting halls. The claim has been made by researchers who found the world's oldest cookery book, The Forme of Cury, in the British Museum.
