SC - German Spa:etzle,

[Huette von Ahrens]

We have had discussions of spaetzle before.  I have a
modern German cookbook which speculates that they are
period, but the reference it gave, Thomas says doesn't
support the contention.

And I disagree that it is a noodle.  It is a dumpling
with delusions of being a noodle.

Huette

- --- allilyn at juno.com wrote:
> I believe it is period.  There are no recipes for
> any ordinary noodles or
> dumplings in the Rheinfranisches Kochbuch, but it's
> like the other cooks
> in other countries say:  these are things every cook
> or housewife knows
> how to make.
> 
> There are recipes in a book I have that wasn't
> published until 1709, but
> the material came from a 16thC. manuscript.  There
> is, however, some
> 'updating' to some of the recipes, IMO.
> 
> I'm trying to remember which source I've used for
> documentation.  Thomas
> can give us a better idea as to when the word
> appears.  Spaetzle is
> especially a Bavarian noodle, but I don't know its
> history in other
> regions.  You can get it everywhere, and have been
> able to for a long
> time, but I don't know the speed of travel of
> regional favorites.
> 
> OK, found the documentation from a class I taught in
> the Midrealm. 
> Fahrenkamp gives his source as the 14th C. Tegernsee
> Cloister, but does
> not give the original, and I don't have a copy of
> this, although I would
> love to.
> 
> The Stuttgarter Kochkolleg gives the possible origin
> as 13th C., derived
> from Italian workers who brought their favorite
> pasta recipes with them
> to Germany.  The Italian word, _spezzatina_, refers
> to little cuttings of
> noodle dough.  Niccolo, does this go along with your
> Italian research?
> 
> Hank, you can come help make it if you get to
> Pennsic.  ;-)
> 
> Regards,
> Allison,     allilyn at juno.com
> 
> 
> On Tue, 21 Mar 2000 07:35:39 -0500 "Hank"
> <steinfeld at tqci.net> writes:
> >Can you tell me if this is a "period" dish and the
> regions it would 
> >have
> >been popular in?  Also, may I have a copy of the
> recipe as well.
> >
> >Hank
> 
>
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