SC - RE: chocolate cream - 1604 Or it is?

[Glenda Robinson]

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