----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip Hart" <philiph at slac.stanford.edu> To: <dragaera at dragaera.info> Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 11:00 AM Subject: Re: ta da...recipie > > > On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 MedCat7 at aol.com wrote: > > > Dried black mushrooms > > -pour boling water over (let soak for 20 mins?) > > This is contrary to my limited cooking knowledge - in the recipes I've > read one reconstitutes dried mushrooms with warm water (for 20-30 min). > I always wondered if this was actually a little commentary on the class differentiation between Dragearen and Eastern society. Dragearens would have access to cooling spells, and thus could keep fresh fruits and vegetables as we would in a refrigerator. Easterners, lacking sorcery, have to have dried fruits in a city, plus fresh fruits would probably be taxed more. Jeff G.