SC - Re: Whipping Cream

[Elise Fleming]

Brandu wrote:

>To return to topic though, Does anyone have any Ideas when whipping 
>egg whites and/or cream started?   I would like to know how pound cake 
>was done in period, if whipped whites were not a technique. I have in 
>mind a dessert with whipped cream, fruit compote, and a base of sponge 
>or pound cake.  

I haven't seen any evidence that what we know of as pound cake was done 
in period.  It seems to be a creation of post-period times.  Things 
were whipped but meringue-y type egg whites only show up very late and 
not, generally, the way we expect them to be.  I think it was this list 
that had the discussion of "snow" which at first appeared to be whipped 
egg whites but ended up having a lot more stuff in it.

Alys Katharine

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