SC - Re: Ruzzige cake

[Cindy M. Renfrow]

Hello!

Bliny are Russian pancakes, traditionally served at Shrovetide.  The
recipes vary widely.  Some call for yeast, others do not.  Here is one that
is more like a crêpe: http://www.ruscuisine.com/sent/030999.html

My modern German dictionary has tüfteln as to do something with
hairsplitting attention to detail. This would seem to fit the making of a
batter with whipped egg whites, but this is pure speculation.

You say this mess is from the earliest edition.  What do the other editions
say about this recipe?

Cindy

>Thank you, Cindy, for your version of the recipe.
>
>As far as I can see, two problems still remain:
>
>-- the translation of "tüftele" with _beat_ is doubtful. The web version
>we are discussing is based on the earliest edition of the Buch von guter
>Speise of 1844, the worst of the insufficient editions we have, I regret
>to say. This editor suggested "schlagen, klopfen ? vgl. Schmeller 1,
>358". The editor himself put a question mark here! Looking up the place
>in Schmeller's Bavarian dictionary, I find that this meaning is given
>for "deffeln", a word still in usage in modern German dialects, but a
>word totally different from "tüfteln". For the moment, I have no
>solution.
>
>-- Now, the "ruzzige"-problem. Sure, _rus_ or in the older spelling
>_ruz-_ refers to Russia, Russians. But as far as I can see, the usual
>ending for such a word would have been "-isch". I am not sure what to do
>here, but this problem is only of minor importance for the cook because
>it concerns only the _name_ of the dish.
>
>What is Bliny?
>
>Cheers and thanks again,
>Thomas
>
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