On Mar 5, 2007, at 8:07 PM, Roman Turovsky wrote: > Pimpinella is anise, a spice, and it get mentioned a lot among > 18th century > foodstuffs. It (Pimpinella rhodentha) was also occasionally added > to cheese, > and I think it lent its name to that particular cheese. > So it could refer to a piece with a Mediteranean flavor, couldn't it?
A particularly spicy piece maybe. Or maybe a particularly cheesy piece!? ;-) David Rastall [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rastallmusic.com -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
