[Sca-cooks] ideas please

[johnna holloway]

Johnnae llyn Lewis sends greetings.

Twelfth Night cakes recipes and history in England are described
in Bridget Ann Henisch's Cakes and Characters. An English
Christmas Tradition. Prospect Books, 1984. ISBN:0-907325-21-1.

You'll have to interlibrary loan it. It's been OP for years.
The recipe section found that while they had all the parts of
what was needed for a proper 12th Night Cake in the 17th century,
the cake, the icing, and the marzipan, the trio hadn't been put
together yet.

Johnna Holloway


Elaine Koogler wrote:
>
> I've been turning over the idea of the Lord of Misrule as a possible thing to
> use for things at the event.  I have also been wondering if the concept of the
> Twelfth Night Cake is period.  It seems to me that it should be, but I haven't
> found any actual documentation.  I do have a traditional recipe, with
> information about how it was used in the early days of New Orleans from the
> Picayune cookbook, but that's about it.  Anyone have any ideas?  If it is
> period, are there any recipes that we could possibly use?
>
> Kiri
>
> Olwen the Odd wrote:
>
> > OK folks.  More annoying questions.  Does anyone have any idea where I can
> > go to find out about 13th century (or so) winter holiday decorations, plants
> > that may have been used for decoration, oh, I don't know.  I'm kinda
> > thrashing about trying to find ideas for soltelties for the 12th night feast
> > or dessert board.  If I can find anything.  Cripes, I wish holly were
> > period~dead easy in marzipan!  Hmmm, maybe birds??
> >
> > Lady Olwen the Odd
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