SC - Cheesecake and Lent

[david friedman]

On Sat, 21 Feb 1998, Decker, Terry D. wrote:

> > Also, there's the modnern convention of creaming together butter and
> > sugar.
> > Have we ever seen medieval instructions for doing that?
> > 
> > --ANne-Marie
> > 
> Elizabethean.  The fine cakes recipe that Bogdan brought out creams spiced
> sugar and eggs into the butter before the flour is added.
> 
> Bear
Bear's Right (no shock).  Here's the original from John Partridge's The
Widowes Treasure, 1585:
 Then take clouted Creame or sweet butter, but Creame is best: then take
sugar, cloves. Mace, saffron and the yolks of eggs, so much as wil seeme
to season your flower.  Then put these things into the Creame, temper all
together.  

Hope this helps...
Bogdan

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