SC - Nerve Bisquits???

[Bonne of Traquair]

store in a cool place, slice and bake?  Medieval refrigerator cookies?

I read this and observe that adding baking powder in order to come up 
with a more modernly acceptable product is a no-no.  Using middle ages 
ingredients in a modern method may well be delicous but what was wrong 
with the redacted cookies when compared to a modern cookie?  Did they 
ever really try the straight redaction, or just immediately move into 
the modern recipe? Are they familiar with middle ages methods and so 
changed the recipe for good reason?  Or did they see the ingredient list 
and shoehorn them into a familiar recipe? It's the sort of thing that 
would make you question every other recipe in the book. I have almost 
memorized the Refriigerator Spice Cookies recipe in my Better Homes & 
GArdens cookbook after so many years and this is not far off. 

This sounds grumpier than I mean it. It's just a lightbulb moment for me 
because I do know that recipe so well.  I hope someone does have an 
English translation of the original Bingen recipe so we can try it.  

Bonne


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