[Sca-cooks] Strawberries and Snow

[Susan Fox-Davis]

Was yummy, too!  Two great tastes that taste great together...
you got your snow in my strawberries!  You got your strawberries in my
snow!

Selene, who was there

Huette von Ahrens wrote:

> Sorry, Aoife, but I did this "marriage" in 1981 for
> the Coronation Banquet of Adrian I and Shirleah, in
> Caid.  I called it "A Dishe Full of Strawberrie
> Snowe". In fact, this was the dish that I was working
> on when several different messengers from the outgoing
> King
> and Queen, Armand I and Diana I, came into the kitchen
> and asked me to attend them in Court.  I kept refusing
> because I was way too busy.  Finally, a friend came in
> and promised me that I would enjoy what was happening
> in Court and promised to continue beating the egg
> whites while I was gone.  I went in to Court and was
> given my Laurel.  My friend was right.  I did enjoy
> what was happening in Court.
>
> I hope you have good fortune with your feast.
>
> Huette
>
> --- Lis <liontamr at ptd.net> wrote:
> > I'm probably not the first person to marry these two
> > dishes, but really, you
> > simply must try this. Incredible. Thanks for those
> > who helped me locate the
> > Snow recipe.
> >
> > A Dish of Snow with French Wafers (Gloning, 16th
> > cent. A Proper Neue Book of
> > Cokery)
> >
> > To make  dyschefull of Snowe:
> > Take a pottel of swete thycke creame and the whytes
> > of eyghte egges, and
> > beate them altogether wyth a spone, then putte them
> > in youre creame and a
> > saucerful of Rosewater, and a dyshe full of
> > Sugerwyth all, then take a stick
> > and make it cleane, and than cutte it in the ende
> > foure squsre, and therwith
> > beate all the aforesayde thynges together, and as
> > ever it ryseth takeit of
> > and put it into a Collaunder, this done take one
> > apple and set it in the
> > myddes of it, and a thick bushe of Rosemary, and set
> > it in the myddes of the
> > platter, then cast your Snowe uppon the Rosemary and
> > fyll your platter
> > therwith. And yf you have wafers cast some in wyth
> > all and thus serve them
> > forthe.
> >
> > Make the snow as directed (my proportions: 1 pint
> > extra-heavy whipping
> > cream, whipped, 4 egg whites whipped semi-stiff, 1/2
> > cup sugar, and having
> > no Rosewater I omitted it, but it would have
> > imporoved the dish. Fold all
> > those ingredients together). Omit the rosemary bush
> > and apple, and reserve
> > the wafers (I had shortbread, not exactly wafers,
> > but it worked great,
> > luscious soaked in the strawberry wine and used as a
> > dipper to eat the
> > dish). Refrigerate the snow, covered. Then Make the
> > following recipe
> > omitting the crust of the tarte:
> >
> > To Make a tarte of Strawberries. (Dawson, 1596. The
> > Good Huswife's Jewel)
> >
> > Wash your strawberries, and put them into your
> > Tarte, and season them with
> > suger, cynamon and Ginger, and put in a littl red
> > wine into them.
> >
> > I used 2 qts strawberries and about 1 cup red wine
> > (a good burgundy)and 1/4
> > cup sugar, 1/2 tsp cinnamon and 1/4 tsp powdered
> > ginger. The strawberries
> > are better if kept for several hours in the red wine
> > mixture before use. The
> > snow will keep for several hours, covered, in the
> > refrigerator.
> >
> > When ready to serve, mound the snow into the deep
> > platter or large shallow
> > bowl,  and then surround the edges with the
> > strawberry mixture.Poke the
> > wafers around the edges and serve immediately.
> >
> > This makes more than enough to serve 8, and they
> > came back later
> > specifically to clean off the platter when I wasn't
> > looking, using the
> > remaining cookies to soak up the red
> > strawberry-and-spice wine sauce. A huge
> > success!
> >
> > Enjoy, but please don't serve this at a feast before
> > Memorial Day Weekend,
> > as that's when I'm unveiling this dish.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Aoife
> >
> >
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