SC - Seeking period recipes & sources...

[Stephanie Rothgeb]

The very first cookbook I was ever given (when I was 5 - a Betty 
Crocker cookbook), has a "recipe" for peanut butter and jam 
sandwiches.  If it would help, I could forward you the recipe?
<silly grin>

Claricia

> << > maybe it was considered such a base food (like a peanut
>  >butter and jelly sandwhich) that no one bothered to write it down.
>  
>  You know, on reading this I had a sudden flash ... I saw a person in the
>  25th century unearthing this e-mail from an old backup CD, and rushing out
>  to tell his re-enactment group "I found it!  Proof that peanut butter and
>  jelly is pre-21st century!"... >>

Minna replied:
> PBJ may not appear in many cookbooks, but it IS well-documented in fiction,
> especially where children are involved.  Just an example of how different
> types of source documentation can shed light on a different range of eating
> practices. 
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