SC - 14th Century Food

[Margo Hablutzel]

	Not surprisingly, Cariadoc/David wrote:

	Also, Margo writes: "Hartshorn was used as a leavening, if you
include it
	why not have yeast listed?"

	What is the evidence that Hartshorn was used as a leavening in the
14th
	century? Anytime in our period?

I don't, and without the recipes from which Mor Dhana obtained this as an
ingredient, I could not tell you of the use.  But I have only seen hartshorn
as a leavening in other ingredients, pre-baking powder for the appropriate
cultures, and that was my assumption.

Of course, appropriate documentation of its origin and use would be much
better than a random list of ingredients without recipes or accreditation,
but for now that's all the page contains, and that was my reaction upon
seeing the list of "Miscellaneous."

                                               ---= Morgan


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