SC - Re: Kuskenole, a question
RuddR at aol.com
RuddR at aol.com
Thu Jun 22 17:42:49 PDT 2000
Adamantius writes:
(Major snip)
> > >Also that
> > >the illustration in 46919, presumably copied accurately for Curye On
> > >Inglysh, looks suspiciously like the illustration from a completely
> > >different recipe in the earlier source... .
(Snip)
> One (the 3x3) is
> clearly not in the proportions stated in the recipe, _unless_ it
> represents a single unit with the sheet of pastry folded in half over
> the filling. The other (the 3x5) does seem to be in proportion to the
> hand (or palm) and a half by three fingers, but it also bears more
> resemblance to the illustration in the cressee recipe (in 32085) than it
> does to
> the kuskenole recipe (in 32085). I would not be at all surprised if some
> transposition and omission, as described by Rudolf Grewe in connection
> with copied manuscripts of the Harpestrang cookbook, has taken place,
> and that what we are seeing is
> the cressee illustration, or some variant thereof.
(Snip)
> The later one is conceivably
> based on an unknown version earlier than either manuscript, and could
> conceivably be the "correct", canonical version, but we have no real
> evidence of that, and when combined with the fact that it looks rather
> like the drawing for the earlier cressee recipe, it seems quite possible
> it is an error.
>
> > I eagerly await your redaction of
> > cressee--lasagna perhaps?
What is the cressee recipe? What medieval recipe collection is it in? Is
there really an illustration that goes with it? Where can I find this
source? I'd be interested in seeing this material.
Rudd Rayfield
P. S. I have my own opinions as to what Cuskynoles look like, but I promise
I'll never tell.
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