French Bread (1699) ; rockhamboy

Jan Ivarsson TransEdit jan.ivarsson at TRANSEDIT.ST
Mon Mar 25 15:41:56 UTC 2002


Barry Popik has found:
>Pg. 155:  Also leeks, rockhamboy, and shallots are here in great use.
>(Rockhamboy?  Not in OED?--ed.)

It could very well be "rocambole", also called "Echalote d'Espagne", according to A.F. Dalin, "Nytt fransyskt och svenskt lexikon", Stockholm 1842-43.

Jan Ivarsson
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