SC - "Cookie" Cutters
alysk at ix.netcom.com
alysk at ix.netcom.com
Fri Sep 8 13:53:40 PDT 2000
Harriet asked:
> I know they are post-period, but when did roll-cookies and cookie
> cutters come into use?
I believe it was John Murrell (in the 1617 or 1621 cook book) that said
one could cut sugar paste with a "tin instrument" if one was not skilled
at making the item by hand. That sure sounds like a "cookie" cutter,
although it would have been used for sugar paste.
Alys Katharine
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