SC - rosettes? pizelli?

[Huette von Ahrens]

- --- Nanna Rognvaldardottir <nanna at idunn.is> wrote:
> Stefan wrote:
> 
> >Ok, newbie cook time. (Or maybe just Texan). What
> are "rosettes"?
> >What is a "pizelli"? Is this last what is mundanely
> made in the
> >pizelle(?) irons that we often use to bake wafers
> in?
> 
> 
> For a photo and recipe of rosettes/struvor, try this
> link:
> 
>
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Oaks/7866/scandanavia.html
> 
> Scroll down to the third photograph, which shows a
> selection of cookies. The
> strangely shaped ones at the back are rosettes
> (there are other patterns as
> well but this is probably the most common one).
> Scroll further down to
> Fridas struvor for the recipe.
> 
> Struvor is the Swedish name for rosettes. And to
> answer Selene´s question,
> they are medieval - at least, struvor are mentioned
> in Bishop Brask´s menu
> listings, which date from the first half of the 16th
> century - can´t
> remember the exact date. I´m not sure if these
> struvor were identical to
> todays rosettes but I´ll see if I can find anything
> more about this.
> 
> Nanna

Thank you Nanna!  You have helped my research
immensely!  Could you give me the citation for the
book that contains Bishop Brask's menu listings?  I
suppose that it is too much to hope that it has been
translated into English?

Thanks again.

Huette

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