[Sca-cooks] Information_and_History_of_Cannelés

[Elaine Koogler]

Yeah, you're probably right. If it can't be found by anyone in this 
group, given the resources we all have, then it is likely a spurious 
attribution!

Kiri

Daniel Myers wrote:

> 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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