[Sca-cooks] online glossary

[Kirrily Robert]

Cindy wrote:
>To make Prince-bisket bread.
>Take a pound of very fine Flower, as much Sugar thorowly searced, one ounce
>of Anniseeds cleane pickt, take eight Egges, and a spoonfull of Muskadine,
>and beat all into batter as thick as for Fritters: beat it thus in a Bowle
>one houre: then put it into your coffins of plate, or frames of wood, and
>set it in an Oven, and let it remaine there one houre: you may slice some
>of them when they bee a day old, and dry them againe upon a hurdle of
>Wicker: you may also take one of your leaves, and wash it over with the
>yolke of an Egge beaten with a little Rose-water, and while it is greene,
>cast Biskets and Carrowaies on it, and a little white Candy, and it will
>shew as if it did haile on it: then spot it with gold, and give it to whom
>you please.

Definitely metal cake tin type thingies.  But if I were doing the
glossary, I'd split this into two terms:

coffin:  1) pastry crust in which food is baked; 2) shaped implement of
metal or other material in which food is baked (similar to a cake tin)

plate: 1) sugar plate, made with sugar and gum tragacanth and used for
sculpting of subtleties etc. 2) pewter, silver, gold or other metal
dishes used for serving or display.  3) by extension, certain metal
implements for cooking (see quote above).

Yours,

Katherine

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