[Sca-cooks] Lebkuchen question

[Huette von Ahrens]

There are three lebkuchen recipes in Sabina Welserin.  They
are even called lebkuchen....

http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Medieval/Cookbooks/Sabrina_Welserin.html

There is a nice article about Lebkuchen in the Oxford Companion to food.

Huette


--- "Cat ." <tgrcat2001 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Greetings again, from a Curious Gwen Cat
> 
> I feel I should know the answer to this, but dont, so:
> 
> What is the history of Lebkuchen, perhaps including
> the origin of the name.  I know the period era
> Lebkuchen/gingerbread is not like the modern cake like
> version. So Im curious, where did it originate (either
> the boiled honey version or other things) and where
> when how did the more modern holiday treat emerge. 
> For that matter, when and where did the association
> with the winter holidays come from since nowadays you
> (or at least I) cant imagine December without
> lebkuchen herzen and domino stones and all those other
> chocolate/gingerbread treats that threaten my recently
> schrunken waistline.
> 
> In Service and Curiosity
> Gwen Cat
> 
> 
> 
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