SC - Sweet Potato Pie
DianaFiona at aol.com
DianaFiona at aol.com
Wed Jul 5 09:11:58 PDT 2000
In a message dated 7/3/00 4:15:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
oftraquair at hotmail.com writes:
<<
Yes, but . . .by 1604, Lady Fettiplace had been housekeeping for nearly 20
years if I recall correctly. And likely some of the recipes came from her
mother or other older female relations, so I'd expect many of the collection
originated 'in period'. She sometimes does reference who gave her the
recipe, ok, she name drops, but that helps pin some of the recipe dates
down.>>>
Yep--all that name-dropping is certainly part of the charm, viewed at
this distance. :-) And yes, I've always assumed that a good portion of the
recipes were indeed conceived before our cut-off date, and therefore could
reasonably be assumed to be period. Risky, if you are entering a competition,
perhaps, but for general use I have no problems with it at all.
>> I'd like access to a copy of the book you have, instead of the other,
which
I like but which leaves everything to guess work as at least once, she
mentions in her introduction a recipe that was added much later (per the ink
and the handwritting) and then later uses the recipe in the text of the book
without making clear that it is NOT part of the receipt collection that was
written up for Lady F in 1604.
Bonne
>>
What I have is a small booklet, supposedly the first of three, though I
haven't seen any others listed for sale yet. It is a straight transcription
from the manuscript, made by the book's ocurrent owner (John Spurling)
However, it turns out that most of the original recipes were medicinal,
rather than culinary! Not a problem for me, as I am also fascinated by that
type of thing, but something to be aware of before ordering..........
My copy came from Acanthus Books
(http://www.acanthus-books.com/acanthus-books/antiquity.html) and cost
$12.00. The blurb with the ordering info says that the next two volumes "will
be available in Spring 1999". Oh, well............. ;-)
Ldy Diana
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