[Sca-cooks] Creme Brulee

[Nanna Rognvaldardottir]

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From: "Nicolas Steenhout" <vavroom at bmee.net>
To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: 11. júlí 2001 02:45

When were the first mentions
> of creme brulee?  Where did they appear?  I seem to vaguely remember that
> Careme did them, but I may be completely off base.  Careme being somewhat
> OOP in any case.

The earliest mention, as far as I know, is in Massialot's Le cuisiner roial
et bourgeois, 1691. The dessert is known as "burnt cream" in English since
the early 18th century, at least.

Nanna