[Ansteorra] history of cream cheese

[lanphier taylor]

This is Willow again. I read over the book and found mention of
Cheesecake in Greek and Roman time but none in the Medieval period.
Somethings were lost was this?

On Thu, 19 Sep 2002 17:30:33 -0500 lanphier taylor
<jonwillowpel at juno.com> writes:
> Dear Meggie
>
> I found this in a new book .
> Tales of the Table, A history of Western Cuisine, by Barbara Norman,
> Prentice-Halll, Inc. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1972
>
> "Cheesecake was a Greek and Roman favorite. Athenaeus, writing in
> the
> early third century , devoted an entire section of his work on
> gastronomy
> to cheesecake. " p 209
>
>
> Cato in his De Agriculura , Book LXXV
>
> Has this recipe. He also has another one with more spices mostly
> honey.
>
> Bray 2lbs. of cheese thoroughly in a mortar: when ist id thoroughly
> macerated, add 1 pound of wheat flour, or, if you wish the cake to
> be
> more dainty, 1/2 lb. of fine flour, and mix thoroughly with the
> cheese.
> Add 1 egg, and work the whole well. Pat out a loaf, place on leaves,
> and
> bake slowly on a warm hearth under a crock.
>
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> Willow de Wisp
>
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