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Dinner for Two
| PP 4, 51 |
She had washed and was cutting up cattail roots, and another white starchy root with dark brown skin called groundnuts, preparing to put them in a tightly woven waterproof basket half-full of water, in which the fat-rich tongue was waiting. Beside it was a small pile of whole wild carrots. (...)
"For tonight, and tomorrow morning, I'm making soup with the tongue and vegetables, and the little bit we have left from Feather Grass Camp," she said. (...)
"Besides these roots, I'm going to add the green tops of the cattails, the bulbs, leaves, and flowers of these green onions, slices of peeled thistle stalks, the peas from milk vetch pods, and I just put in some sage and thyme leaves, for flavor. And maybe I'll put some coltsfoot in it because it has a kind of salty taste. (...) I think I'll mash up some of that horseradish I found this morning, for the roast. (...) It's hot, and you don't need much, but it gives the meat an interesting taste. You might like it. (...)
This is goosefoot, to wrap the roast in when I put it away. They are good together when they're cold. (...) // Maybe I'll sprinkle some wood ashes on the roast; they taste a little salty, too. And I might add some of the roast to the soup after it browns, for color, and taste. With the tongue and the roast, it should be a good rich broth, and for tomorrow morning, it will be nice to cook up some of the grain we brought with us. |
| PP 4, 55 |
"Well, it just happens that when I was out looking for wood I found something else. And if you promise to be good, I might just give you some."
"Some what?"
He brought the filled basket in front of him. "Big, juicy, red raspberries!" |
| PP 4, 57 |
"What do you want me to give you for the raspberries?" Ayla said. "Tell me, and it's yours." |
| PP 5, 61 |
Ayla reached into her bowl for the last ripe raspberry and popped it in her mouth. (...)
She gave Wolf the leftovers from their bowls and put cracked and parched grains - the wild wheat, barley, and goosefoot seeds that Nezzie had given her when they left - into the warm soup and left
it at the edge of the firepit. |
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Abbreviations |
Editions |
| CB |
The Clan of the Cave Bear |
The page numbers refer to the hardcover editions by Crown Publishers, Inc, New York 1980, 1982, 1985, 1990.
Book 1-3 are the Special Collector's Edition, I don't know if the page numbers differ from those of the 'normal' hardcover editions. |
| VH |
The Valley of Horses |
| MH |
The Mammoth Hunters |
| PP |
The Plains of Passage |
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'A Modern Herbal', by Mrs. M. Grieve |
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