SC - Sweets to serve with hot drinks

[david friedman]

It's missing one step:

The Recipe for Sesame Candy

The recipe for sesame candy. Put white pure honey near a moderate 
fire in a tinned [pan] and stir it unceasingly with a spatula. Place 
it alternately near the fire and away from thefire, and while it is 
being stirred more extensively, repeatedly put it near and away from 
the fire, stirring it without interruption until it becomes thick and 
viscous. When it is sufficiently thickened, pour it out on a [slab 
of] marble and let it cool for a little. Afterwards, hang it on an 
iron bolt and pull it out verythinly and fold it back, doing this 
frequently until it turns white as it should. Then twist and shape on 
the arble, gather it up and serve it properly.

Mappae Clavicula, translated by Cyril Stanley Smith and John G. 
Hawthorne, c. 12th c. (the Mappae is older than that, but this recipe 
is from a part that only appears in a manuscript from about that 
date).

The recipe doesn't mention adding sesame, but I think we can assume 
that from its title. The major difference is that it is being pulled 
like taffy as the final step.

At 11:04 AM -0400 6/26/00, Elaine Koogler wrote:
>Don't know if it's period, but it sounds almost exactly like the sesame seed
>candy that is popular in China...and probably other parts of the Far East!
>
>Lee-Gwen Booth wrote:
>
>  > In my searching I found this recipe - it looks wonderfully easy 
>(and tasty!)
>  > and I was wondering if it is, indeed, period.
>  >
>  > Pastfeli
>  >
>  > Here is something sweet to round out the meal. Use equal weights of honey
>  > and sesame seeds. In a heavy skillet bring the honey to a very firm ball
>  > stage (250 to 256 ° F). Stir in the sesame seeds and continue cooking until
>  > the mixture comes to a bubbling boil. Spread the mixture 1/2" thick on a
>  > marble slab or tray moistened with orange flower water. Cool and cut into
>  > small diamonds or squares.
>  > Found at:
>  > http://www.godecookery.com/letters/letter05.htm#Pastfeli
>  >
>  > Gwynydd
>  >
>  > 
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