[Sca-cooks] Sauerbraten

[Chris Stanifer]

--- Terry Decker <t.d.decker at worldnet.att.net> wrote:

> I suspect that Sauerbraten was developed as a method of cooking pickled beef 
> being preserved over the winter and the pickling was carried over to the 
> recipe when better methods of preservation became available.  I have yet to 
> find solid proof my opinion is correct.

It sounds very likely that this is the case.  Now, though...does anyone have a 'born on' date for
Gingersnaps??  Every 'traditional' Sauerbraten recipe I have seen uses Gingersnaps to thicken the
sauce, and I'm just curious to know if these 'could' have been used in one of the period recipes.

William de Grandfort

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Through teeth of sharks, the Autumn barks.....and Winter squarely bites me.


		
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