[Sca-cooks] Pulled sugar was Sugar Plate Again

[Olwen the Odd]

I can't open this link damnit.

>From: johnna holloway <johnna at sitka.engin.umich.edu>
>Reply-To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
>To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
>Subject: [Sca-cooks] Pulled sugar was Sugar Plate Again
>Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 21:44:24 -0400
>
>For photos of pulled sugar.
>See--
>http://www.notterschool.com/default.asp?page=hp
>and look at the photo gallery.
>I did some minor work with pulled sugar in December
>when I did the dragon for the Red Spears feast. I did
>"pulled sugar wings" to go along with
>  a cast or poured sugar
>body. Sir Hugh Plat includes recipes for molding a poured sugar
>syrup as does John Murrell.
>
>My Italian materials on sugarworks are sitting in a stack
>and sometime later this summer I will be doing some more
>work with them. Earliest printed recipe in English for Sugarpaste
>is that of Alessio which is 1558. The earliest Alessio in Italian
>would be 1555, so that's probably the earliest printed recipe.
>There is one 1525 work that contains confectionary recipes,
>but I've not yet seen a copy and it's not been reprinted for
>purchase. I've not seen any description that indicates that it
>contains either sugarpaste or pulled sugar. One has to remember
>that in order to have pulled sugar, they must have made the
>transition from honey to sugar and figured out how to work with
>boiling a sugar syrup. In any case you should start with
>one of the best books on confections and sweets which is
>Sugar-Plums and Sherbet by Laura Mason. Also see
>her PPC 69 article which has the early English mss. candy recipes
>in it. They date from the 15th century.
>
>
>
>Johnnae llyn Lewis   Johnna Holloway
>
>
>
>Lady Orlaith of Storvik wrote:
>Okay so I have a question.  I've been trying to find the beginnings of
>hard candy for making things like pulled sugar and I haven't had much luck
>
> > so far.  Does anyone have a beginning date for such things?  Or any
> > suggestions on sources?
> > Orlaith
> >
>
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