[Sca-cooks] Re: Early Pastries
Elise Fleming
alysk at ix.netcom.com
Tue Jun 26 09:38:21 PDT 2001
Lucretzia quoted Finnebhir:
>Where can I find some info on early(11-12th cen) on
baking-pastries,
>specifically subleties?
What do you (Finnebhir) consider "baking-pastries"? Our idea of
subtleties tends to come from our modern cooking, and we often use
pastry/cake as a basis. Lucretzia gave some examples of early
pastry, but for many of the subtleties, they were both edible and
non-edible. A tree, for example, might be constructed of wood with
a hanging basket filled with sweets, or fruits made of sugar. A
statue could be of wood or plaster with a marzipan or possibly
sugarpaste covering. Or, it could be made of poured sugar (a later
period development). The Manuscrito Anonimo from the 13th c. lists
a castle (and its furnishings) made of poured sugar. What type of
thing were you looking for, or was it just for general information?
Alys Katharine
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