SC - Fw: [SCA-U] History of Food and Drink Conference

[Philippa Alderton]

That's exactly what I mean....I wouldn't do the chocolate thing for a pre-1600
feast, but would have little problem doing it for a late period feast.

Kiri

Glenda Robinson wrote:

> Digby's book was published posthumously in 1669. He lived from 1603 to 1665.
> As with anybody's recipe book, some of the recipes would pre-date the
> writer, but you really couldn't tell which ones. I suppose cross-checking
> the styles of food with other books and paintings from the chosen time
> period could help. I'll have a look at Fettiplace sometime today, but I
> don't recall any mention in it of any dates of additions to the book :-( I
> did this with the Excellent small cakes receipt, and found that there were a
> lot of similar receipts from the 1620s-40s, so I didn't feel that
> uncomfortable using this one for 1640s reenactment)
>
> Glenda
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > I don't have the book in front of me, so I can't answer, but as I was the
> one
> > who jumped up and down for joy, I understand what you're saying.  However,
> even
> > 1647 wouldn't be too bad if I'm cooking an Elizabethan feast...and I
> certainly
> > wouldn't do it for anything any earlier.  After all, a lot of the recipes
> > commonly used in the SCA are from Digby, which antedates 1600 by quite a
> > bit...don't remember the exact time.  At any rate, as I said, I understand
> what
> > you're saying, and, if I used the recipe, it would be only under very
> special
> > circumstances.
> >
> > Kiri
> >
> > "E. Rain" wrote:
> >
> > > I had a feeling it was going to be like this when this recipe was
> posted.
> > >
> > > A bunch of people are all understandably excited about what looks like a
> > > recipe for chocolate cream from 1604, but I feel the need to throw a
> little
> > > cold water on your fun guys - here's the relevant paragraph:
> > >
> > > > > >From the introductory note:
> > > > > "Lady Elynor apparently started the book in 1604 and
> > > > bequeathed it to her
> > > > > niece Ann Poole in 1647.  A number of recipes were added
> > > > latter [sic] in
> > > > > other hands probably from the late 17th or early 18th centuries..."
> > >
> > > I don't happen to have my copy of Fettiplace at the moment, but Spurling
> > > rarely indicates which recipes are pre 1647 and which were added later.
> I
> > > strongly suspect that this is one of the latter.  (and even if it isn't
> it's
> > > probably closer to 1647 than 1604) someone with book in hand want to
> weigh
> > > in here?
> > >
> > > Eden - skeptic of the day
> > >
> > > ___________________________________________________________
> > > WARNING: Dates on the calendar are closer than they appear!
> > >
> > > Eden Rain
> > > raghead at liripipe.com
>
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