[Sca-cooks] What is a 'Latwerge'

[Tom Bilodeau]

Latwerge means confection, according to the Oxford Duden German
dictionary. It is also known as Comfits.


Tirloch

Volker Bach wrote:

> I am going to try a translation of a small, 16th
> century German cookbook, and I have come a crupper
> almost immediately. Now, I know what a 'Latwerge'
> is, and I made a lovely one out of tart cherries
> last autumn, but how do you render it in English?
> Does anybody know?
>
> Gratefully
>
> Giano
>
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