Subject: Re: SC - Need help redacting candy recipe

[Christi Rigby]

Robin wrote:

And while I think of it, does anyone know what "cook them in an oven
with a basin" means exactly?  I assume it means to bake the melindres
with an inverted basin over them.  What would that achieve?  Lower the
heat?  Increase it?  Protect the melindres from excess browning or from
being soiled by cinders?
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It could also mean basin of water so that they stayed moister while cooking.
Like some people do with bread.

Murkial

(still not great a redacting, but learning)

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From: owner-sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG
[mailto:owner-sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG]On Behalf Of Robin Carroll-Mann
Sent: Monday, December 06, 1999 11:54 PM
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Subject: Re: Subject: Re: SC - Need help redacting candy recipe


And it came to pass on 6 Dec 99,, that Jennifer Rushman wrote:

>      Another option to be considered would be meringues.  That was my
> impression when first reading the description of the recipe.  I don't
> know if meringues are period or not but they are one of my favorites,
> esp around Christmas.
[snip]

As I said in another post, my semi-successful experiment tonight
resembled firm meringues.  According to Larousse, meringues were
invented by a French pastry chef in 1720.  Melindres are meringue-like,
but have a much higher proportion of sugar to egg white.  The recipes for
meringue cookies I found on the web contained only about 1/4 to 1/3
cup of sugar per egg white.  Then again, meringues are intended to be
dropped by spoonfuls, not rolled into shapes.

And while I think of it, does anyone know what "cook them in an oven
with a basin" means exactly?  I assume it means to bake the melindres
with an inverted basin over them.  What would that achieve?  Lower the
heat?  Increase it?  Protect the melindres from excess browning or from
being soiled by cinders?

> ---
> Lady Clare Hele, Barony of Windmaster's Hill, Atlantia

Windmaster's Hill hosted a wonderful bardic circle at Pennsic; I enjoyed
the tales and the hospitality very much.


Lady Brighid ni Chiarain
Settmour Swamp, East (NJ)
mka Robin Carroll-Mann
harper at idt.net
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