SC - Recipe from an old Gourmet magazine

[Stefan li Rous]

At 10:25 AM -0700 5/23/99, Ben Engelsberg wrote:
>I was flipping through some old issues of Gourmet last night, looking for
>something to bring to a mundane potluck, and I came upon this recipe.  It
>seems particularly period, not to mention tasty.
>
>This recipe is from the December 1998 issue, on page 196.
>
>ROASTED SPICED PEARS & FIGS WITH ALMONDS
>1/2 cup sliced almonds
>4 firm-ripe pears (prefereably Bartlett)
>1/2 pound of dried figs (as soft as possible, about 12)
>1/2 cup sugar
>1/4 cup unsalted butter (1/2 stick)
>1 vanilla bean (My note:  Never been sure where/when this is period)

Vanilla is from the New World.

>1 teaspoon cinnamon
>1/4 teaspoon ground allspice

So is allspice.

It is possible that a modern recipe might turn out to also be a period
recipe, but the odds aren't terribly high. And the only way to know that a
modern recipe is also a period recipe is to go through period sources to
find the same recipe there. But if you are going to do that, it is a lot
less trouble to skip the first step and go through the period sources until
you find a recipe you like, then make that.

David/Cariadoc
http://www.best.com/~ddfr/


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