[Sca-cooks] Period or no?

[Daniel Myers]

On Sep 22, 2004, at 11:53 AM, Brett McNamara wrote:

> Good question.  How well can drop dumplings be documented?  I'm
> asking, no clue here.  It seems like one of those things that's so
> simple people don't both to write it down.

Considering that drop dumplings use baking powder (ca 1800?) for 
leavening, I'd say that they're pretty much not period.

You might find a recipe with bread dough being dropped into a boiling 
soup, but I haven't come across such a recipe yet.

- Doc


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