[Sca-cooks] researching recipes

Robin Carroll-Mann rcmann4 at earthlink.net
Thu Oct 17 12:54:23 PDT 2002


On Thu, 17 Oct 2002 14:17:47 -0500 Terry Decker <t.d.decker at worldnet.att.net>
wrote:

> There is no period recipe for starter.  There
> are only about six European
> recipes for bread from the Middle Ages and
> Renaissance and Platina's is the
> only one I remember which uses sourdough.

Both the Goodman of Paris (French) and Nola (Spanish) mention sourdough
starter, though they do not give recipes for its use.

Brighid ni Chiarain



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