SC - dayboard (Ruzzige cake; Buch von guter Speise #52)

[Richard Kappler]

I was kinda hoping Thomas would get the chance to jump in on this one before
I got back to the kitchen (herself has me slaving away in the gardens...damn
but semi-retired life is tough! ;-). One of the things about this recipe
that jumped right out at me was the word 'blat.'  As some of you know I have
been working for some time on the marzipan recipe from His Grace's website
(some time...hell, I've been at it off and on for nearly two years now!) and
during this work at one point I brought up 'oblat' to this list which of
course led to a long discussion (doesn't everything around here?) eventually
determining that oblat was wafer, which was where we started.  Thomas, is
there a significant difference in either time period or geography between
Guter Spise and ... can't remember the name of the other book, but the one
with the Marzipan recipe you've been helping me with?  What I'm wondering is
would 'blat' in Guter Spise possibly be some dialectic variant of 'oblat?'

regards, Puck

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From: Decker, Terry D. <TerryD at Health.State.OK.US>
To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 4:54 PM
Subject: RE: SC - dayboard (Ruzzige cake; Buch von guter Speise #52)


> I would would say "ein blat von eyern" is an egg and flour dough rolled
very
> thin.  A crepe would not need the butter under it.  Putting butter under
the
> dough suggests that it might be there to soften the crust and keep the
crust
> from sticking.
>
> Sauting the herbs to soften them and mixing them with eggs cheese and
bread
> sounds suspiciously like a quiche filling.
>
> If Thomas is correct (and his linguistic skills are certainly far better
> than mine) and "flur" is actually "feuer," then this could mean that this
> dish is baked in a kettle with coals on top.  It might also mean using a
> "salamander" to brown the top of the dish before baking.  The browning
might
> also make the top crisp.
>
> Again, this is a recipe to play with.  I wonder if they would have put
salt
> in the "blat?"
>
> Bear