[Sca-cooks] OOP: Praline recipes from La Varenne, part 2

[Susan Fox-Davis]

Robin Carroll-Mann wrote:

> "Broom" is a yellow-flowered shrub, the "planta genista" of the
> Plantagenets.

Do we need to remind everyone that American Broom is =not= the same plant
and will make you very sick indeed?

You've probably answered this question before, but I'm unclear about the
naming of the stages of sugar cooking here.  "Pearl" sounds like it could
be hard ball, but what is the "feather" stage?

Selene Colfox
selene at earthlink.net