SC - OT Coke, milk sugar, silly
Charles McCathieNevile
charlesn at sunrise.srl.rmit.edu.au
Wed Sep 9 18:34:05 PDT 1998
Decker, Terry D. wrote:
>
> > I'm new to the list and the SCA (just got my card yesterday)...
> > Anyway, I was wondering if Sourdough was considered Period....
> >
> The Egyptians discovered sourdough about 3000 BC, so I would have to say it
> is period.
>
> > Also, along the same "bread" lines....what would you use as a "period"
> > equivalent to what we use for yeast today ??
> >
> The Romans used wine must to leaven bread. Pliny the Elder commented on the
> Goths using ale barm to leaven their bread and that it was lighter and
> tastier than the Roman bread.
>
> Sourdough (levain) and ale barm were probably the most common sources of
> yeast in the Middle Ages.
>
> > Any and all help will be greatly appreciated...
> >
> > Thanx !
> >
> > Jeff (who has only just begun to think about a period name)
> >
> >
> >From the questions, it sounds as though you have an interest in baking. I
> do a little baking now and then and its always a pleasure to hear from
> someone with similar interests.
>
> Bon Chance,
>
> Bear
>
Just to add to this, since Bear has covered much. They
also used potato water. This was a prolonged recipe
and it took nearly a week to prepare this.
As for sourdough, yes it is very period. One method of
leavening bread was to use a piece of dough left over
from the day before to leaven that days batch. This
produced a tangy loaf.
Hope this helps.
Callie
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