SC - Cooks 2751

[Huette von Ahrens]

How about this alternate translation?

"was either roasted on a spit or stewed like Beef a la
mode"

"gestovet" might be a form of "stowen" which means
stew or steam.

But this is just a guess on my part.

Huette

- --- Martina Grasse <grasse at mscd.edu> wrote:
> For a quick and dirty (before anyone asks ;-)
> 
> "Sour Roast/ is called an in vinegar marinated meat/
> which afterwards/
> when it is perhaps also larded/ and with cloves
> studded was/
> either roasted on a spit/ of like a Beuf a la mode
> GESTOVET (cooked?)/ and 
> finally a good broth (gravy) of wine and wine
> vinegar/ butter/ pepper/
> cloves/ cinnamon/ a little sugar and lemon  juice
> therover made is".
> 
> In Service (and Swamped) to the Dream
> Gwen Cat
> ____________________
> Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 21:36:22 +0100
> From: TG <gloning at Mailer.Uni-Marburg.DE>
> Subject: Re: SC - German feast: Sauerbraten
> 
> << what do the etymological sources say about the
> word? >> [Sauerbraten]
> 
> The 'Deutsches Woerterbuch' (and some others) are of
> not much help in
> this case. The first attestation, the DWb gives is a
> quote from another
> dictionary from 1741, later quotes come from Goethe
> ...
> 
> Marperger's 'Küch- und Keller-Dictionarium' [1715)
> has an entry:
> 
> "Saur-Braten/ heist ein in Eßig eingebeitztes
> Fleisch/ welches hernach/
> wann es etwan noch darzu gespickt/ und mit Nägelein
> bestecket worden/
> entweder am Spieß gebraten/ oder wie ein Boeuf a la
> mode gestovet/ und
> endlich eine gute Brühe von Wein und Wein-Eßig/
> Butter/ Pfeffer/
> Nägelein/ Zimmet/ etwas Zucker und Citronen-Safft
> darüber gemacht wird".
> 
> Will keep my eyes open ...
> 
> Th.
>
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