Honey Custard was Re: [Sca-cooks] Camp Food)
Terry Decker
t.d.decker at worldnet.att.net
Tue Feb 18 14:59:12 PST 2003
It is filtered into an earthenware pot and cooked over a low fire until it
sets. Basicly, a heavy sauce pan on low heat. The recipe is roughly
equivalent to custard cream (creme a l'Anglaise) using honey rather than
sugar.
Bear
>This all give me an idea of steam baking honey custard
>from Apicius rather than oven baking in a water bath.
> Does anyone have instant access to the text and is
>oven baking described in it? Say I was a Roman woman
>with a brazier or hearth but no oven, how would I cook
>a custard?
>
>Bonne
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