SC - shortbread/-cakes & salad
LrdRas at aol.com
LrdRas at aol.com
Tue Sep 5 16:36:04 PDT 2000
In a message dated 9/5/00 3:33:51 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
cindy at thousandeggs.com writes:
<< These are all I have on hand at the moment, but if you look in sources from
the late 1500s, you'll find a dramatic increase in the use of sugar.
HTH,
Cindy/Sincgiefu >>
This is correct. However, I have a number of modern pancake recipes that are
sweet and non sweet all named 'Pancakes'. I really don't see the relationship
you are basing your arguments on. I still fail to see the usefulness of such
comparisons. They are, IMO, as much 'theory' as any other and only provide a
'generic' redaction that would possibly contract an entire set of years and
places and techniques but have no real reason to be believed as anymore
accurate than another interpretation.
I always instruct my students to prepare the individual recipe in front of
them. If the results are tasty then their interpretation is just as accurate
as anyone else's. Possibly more so, since they do not combine Betty Crocker's
version with Fanny Farmer's version to produce an entirely new recipe.
perhaps I am misunderstanding your thought processes here..........
Ras
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