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 jan.ivarsson at transedit.st