SC - period snack foods? (was corn chips)

[Cindy Renfrow]

>Are there any medieval recipes or evidence for anything like our modern
>snack foods? You know, fried dough, lots of grease, salt and flavorings? Or
>is this just a late 20th century thing?
<snip>
>
>Stefan li Rous
>stefan at texas.net

Hello!  The recipes for Cruste Rolle (Harleian MS. 279 - Leche Vyaundez
#61), Lesenges Fries (Harl. 4016 #134) are for fried dough chips.  The
recipes for Bryndons (Harl. 279 - Potage Dyvers #49) and Prenade (Harl.
4016 #110) call for fried dough chips to be served with a spicy chutney.

HTH,


Cindy Renfrow/Sincgiefu
renfrow at skylands.net
Author & Publisher of "Take a Thousand Eggs or More, A Collection of 15th
Century Recipes" and "A Sip Through Time, A Collection of Old Brewing
Recipes"
http://www.alcasoft.com/renfrow/


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