SC - Turnips a la Beauce

[ysabeau]

I for one am more interested in recipes I can use. I do not know 
_period_ cooking but I do know my way around a kitchen and how to use 
spices. If the original recipe and redaction are there, I can adjust 
the recipe to my taste. I think this goes back to the creativity 
thread.

Please continue to list the recipes or at least send them to me at 
personal e-mail. I am learning a lot from lurking on the list and 
hope to contribute in future after trying some of the recipes. My 
resources are limited- I live in Germany as a military dependent and I 
don't speak German very well, much less read it. The cookbook 
section at the library is all for entertaining (officer wives). The 
cookbook section at the bookstore is the size of a magazine rack at 
7-11.  

One thing I have found is that the vegetables and fruits over here
(Drachenwald) have a different flavor and size. Cucumbers average
twice the length of American cukes and have tendency towards a more
bitter flavor if not eaten immediately.  Carrots seem sweeter. Onions
are smaller and _definitely_ not as sweet. They also sell fresh herbs 
in pots in the vegetable section for around 75 cents a pot. 

And a tip for bread bakers, to get that hard crunchy crust with a 
soft inside, either mist the bread with water every 10- 15 minutes
or put a heat-proof bowl of water in the bottom of the oven. This 
simulates the steam that builds up in stone hearth ovens (according 
to my Germany bread baking class). Also I was told that our whole 
wheat flour is too fine. Look for the whole wheat or grain flours at 
health food stores to simulate what they use over here.



Ysabeau of Prague
Vielburgen, Drachenwald
Baumholder Germany
Ysabeau at interquest.de