[Sca-cooks] anything like period fig newtons?

[Stefan li Rous]

> CAT FIGHT! CAT FIGHT!     Chirhart(Comfortably sitting in the bleachers
> Sipping on an RC cola and eating fig Newton's that ant period)

This got me to thinkin. We have discussed figs here and a few period
recipes using them. (see figs-msg) And they did make pastes of
some fruits for pastry fillings, seem to remember.

Is there any evidence for period filled pastries, perhaps even
something like a fig newton?

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