[Sca-cooks] cakes on a griddle

[Mary Morman]

someone wrote:
Every cook in Wales has their own (and best!) verson of "welsh cakes".  
If you look at the recipes....these are Digby's fine cakes flattened out 
and cooked on a griddle!  I've often wondered if I could get away with 
"baking" them on a griddle at demo's where we do open fire pit cooking.  
Does anyone have any documentation for medieval cooking of cakes on a 
griddle???

I've made Digby cakes for many years, but recently when I was at the 
Tudor Kitchen at the Weald and Downlands Open Air Museum near Chichester 
the cook was making Digby Cakes on a griddle over an open fire.  It made 
a really excellent demo and a very tasty treat.  We chatted about the 
recipe and the source.  She didn't have a specific source for making 
them on a griddle, but had just never considered any other method.

elaina
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