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Itching powder was created from Mucuna pruriens in the early-19th century as a cure for lost feeling in the epidermis. When a person would lose feeling on their skin in conditions such as paralysis, the powder (mixed with lard to form an ointment) was used as a local stimulant believed to treat the condition. [9] [10]
Mucuna pruriens is a tropical legume native to Africa and tropical Asia and widely naturalized and cultivated. [2] Its English common names include monkey tamarind , velvet bean , Bengal velvet bean , Florida velvet bean , Mauritius velvet bean , Yokohama velvet bean , cowage , cowitch , lacuna bean , and Lyon bean . [ 2 ]
A barm cake is a soft, round, flattish bread item from North West England, traditionally leavened with barm. [1] [2] [3] [4]Bacon is often the filling for a barm cake, at home or in Lancashire cafes or bakers.
As the English language developed, different baked goods ended up sharing the same name. The soft bread is called a biscuit in North America, and the hard baked goods are called biscuits in the UK. The differences in the usage of biscuit in the English speaking world are remarked on by Elizabeth David in English Bread and Yeast Cookery. She writes,
Mucuna is a genus of around 114 accepted species of climbing lianas (vines) and shrubs of the family Fabaceae: tribe Phaseoleae, typically found in tropical and subtropical forests in the Americas, sub-Saharan Africa, southern, southeastern, and eastern Asia, New Guinea, Australia, and the Pacific Islands.
Egyptian sailors carried a flat, brittle loaf of millet bread called dhourra cake while the Romans had a biscuit called buccellum. [11] Roman cookbook Apicius describes: "a thick paste of fine wheat flour was boiled and spread out on a plate. When it had dried and hardened, it was cut up and then fried until crisp, then served with honey and ...
Cracklings are used to enrich a wide variety of foods, from soups to desserts. [10] Modern recipes sometimes substitute crumbled cooked bacon. [11] In German cuisine, cracklings of pork or goose (Grieben) are often added to lard (Schmalz) when it is used as a bread spread. [12]
The dish was developed as a way of salvaging bread that was going stale. [10] According to the International Culinary Center, the term bruschetta is sometimes used interchangeably with crostini and the Tuscan dish fettunta. [8] In Tuscany, fettunta is usually served without toppings, especially in November, to taste the first oil of the season ...