Re: [Sca-cooks] Information_and_History_of_Cannelés

[Daniel Myers]

On Apr 14, 2004, at 8:38 AM, Bronwynmgn at aol.com wrote:
>
> I was able to go straight to it, and unfortunately all it says is 
> "First made
> by French nuns in the early14th century", with no indication of where 
> that
> little tidbit of information might have come from.  The recipe is 
> listed as
> "adapted from Hubert Keller, Chef/Owner, Fleur de Lys Restaurant, San 
> Francisco"
> and the source is listed as "Williams-Sonoma".  As the recipe given 
> contains
> both vanilla beans and dark rum, neither of which were known in France 
> in the
> 14th century, we are clearly not dealing with a pretty straight 
> carryover recipe
> like macaroni and cheese.

After looking at the page, I remembered seeing this recipe several 
months back - along with the mention of 14th century nuns - in the 
Williams-Sonoma catalog.  It was on the same page as the pan used to 
make the cannelés.  I suspect the text was copied word for word.

At the time I did some searching to try and find some documentation to 
back up the claim, but couldn't find anything.  My conclusion at the 
time was an M4 error (misattribution, mistranslation, 
misinterpretation, or marketing).

- Doc


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