[Loch-Ruadh] Fw: [SCA Newcomers] History in the news - period bratwurst recipe

[Julie Self]

So where is the recipe?
 
Gwen
Loch Ruadh Rocks!Beam me sideways, Scottie. These people don't know which way is up!> From: steverourke at charter.net> To: Loch-Ruadh at lists.ansteorra.org> Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 11:32:22 -0600> Subject: [Loch-Ruadh] Fw: [SCA Newcomers] History in the news - period bratwurst recipe> > > > http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071101/od_nm/germany_bratwurst_dc_1;_ylt=Av\> > OWlqv87z5dHH6DrPQBVUkE1vAI> > <http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071101/od_nm/germany_bratwurst_dc_1;_ylt=A\> > vOWlqv87z5dHH6DrPQBVUkE1vAI>> >> > Historian finds oldest recipe for bratwurst> >> >> >> > A hobby historian has discovered the oldest known recipe for German> > sausage, a list of ingredients for Thuringian bratwurst nearly 600 years> > old.> >> > According to the 1432 guidelines, Thuringian sausage makers had to use> > only the purest, unspoiled meat and were threatened with a fine of 24> > pfennigs -- a day's wages -- if they did not, a spokesman for the German> > Bratwurst Museum said Wednesday.> >> > Medieval town markets in Germany had committees charged with monitoring> > the quality of produce. Thuringian bratwursts, which are made of beef> > and pork, are symbols of Germany's cultural heritage and ubiquitous> > snacks at football matches.> >> > Historian Hubert Erzmann, 75, found the ancient recipe, inscribed with> > pen and ink in a heavy tome of parchment, earlier this year while doing> > research in an archive in the eastern town of Weimar, museum spokesman> > Thomas Maeuer said.> >> > "The discovery shows that there were already consumer protection laws in> > the Middle Ages," he said.> >> > The instructions go on display Thursday in the Bratwurst Museum near the> > eastern city of Erfurt, Thuringia's capital.> >> >> >> >> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]> >> >> >> >> > Yahoo! Groups Links> >> > <*> To visit your group on the web, go to:> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scanewcomers/> >> > <*> Your email settings:> > Individual Email | Traditional> >> > <*> To change settings online go to:> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scanewcomers/join> > (Yahoo! ID required)> >> > <*> To change settings via email:> > mailto:scanewcomers-digest at yahoogroups.com> > mailto:scanewcomers-fullfeatured at yahoogroups.com> >> > <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:> > scanewcomers-unsubscribe at yahoogroups.com> >> > <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:> > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> >> >> >> > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message.> > Checked by AVG Free Edition.> > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.17/1103 - Release Date:> 11/1/2007 6:01 AM> >> >> > _______________________________________________> Loch-Ruadh mailing list> Loch-Ruadh at lists.ansteorra.org> http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/loch-ruadh-ansteorra.org
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