SC - Seeking period recipes & sources...
Stephanie Rothgeb
onebyte at 99main.com
Mon May 4 08:03:30 PDT 1998
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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