SC - Funnel Cakes (was [TY] cooking query)

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Nick Sasso wrote:
> 
> For thoise looking for the medieval funnel cake recipe, you will find it tiled something like "Cryspes".  They are made with a thickish batter that is put into a bowl with a hole in the bottom and drizzeled over heated grease.  When done, you scatter ground sugar on them.  It is used as a spice in this dish, not so much a sweetener.  Hooray for medieval Faire Foods!!
> 

See also Le Menagier's Crepe recipe; he even speaks of using the
funnel/bowl arrangement to make various shapes, such as buckles. Then
there are the English (and other) recipes for nysbeke, mincebek, etc.,
which are somewhere in between funnel cakes and zeppoles, being raised
with yeast. There are also similarly named dishes calling for a fruit
stuffing wrapped up like a cus...uh, you know. That thing.

Adamantius
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Phil & Susan Troy

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