SC - shortbread/-cakes & salad
Robin Carroll-Mann
harper at idt.net
Mon Sep 4 07:47:23 PDT 2000
And it came to pass on 3 Sep 00,, that Luanne Cupp Bartholomew wrote:
> > ... put these things into the Creame, temper all together. Then
> > put thereto your flower. So make your cakes. The paste will be
> > very short;therefore make them very little. Lay paper under them.
>
> Maybe this is naive of me, but are we sure these are cooked a second time?
> The recipe does not seem to mention it.
>
> Irmele von Grunsberg
> (Luanne Bartholomew)
Although it does not mention a second baking, period recipes often
leave out what we would consider essential directions. Without a
second baking, what you have there is a batch of dough. The other clue
that makes me believe it is baked is the mention of papers underneath
the cakes. This is a technique that I have seen in other late-period
recipes for small, delicate baked goods. The pieces of paper are used
underneath the cakes in the oven, in lieu of a baking sheet.
Lady Brighid ni Chiarain
Settmour Swamp, East (NJ)
mka Robin Carroll-Mann
harper at idt.net
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