[Sca-cooks] Biscuits??

[johnna holloway]

Period biscuits are yeast raised. No baking powder.

Do you still want  to make yeast raised small loaves
that are like rolls? Or do you want  biscuit recipes by name
which are flat cakes in most cases?

There are a lot of Elizabethean/Stuart recipes that are biscuits or
biskets. A really detailed explanation is offered by Karen Hess
in Martha Washington's Booke of Cookery which contains
Tudor-Jacobean recipes.

Johnnae llyn Lewis  Johnna Holloway

"Ms. Merit R. Milbach" wrote:

> Biscuits???
>
> Hello to the list, from Lady Merit de la Rose, of
> Windhaven.
>
> I have a feast coming up and was wondering what period
> "biscuit" type recipes are out there.
>
> I am thinking of something like a buttermilk, but want
> to at least be in the ball park on authentic.
>
> If someone either has a recipe or can point me in the
> right direction, I would appreciate it.
>
> Thanks much, Lady Merit
>