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

[Elaine Koogler]

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
>
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