[Sca-cooks] How old are sugared almonds?

[Volker Bach]

Am Freitag, 11. November 2005 13:06 schrieb Johnna Holloway:
> By the time one gets to the early 14th or 13th centuries
> there aren't that many surviving recipe collections anyway.
> Recipes circa 1300 and earlier?
> It's dark for everyone. Regular recipes are hard to locate for those eras.
> Confectionary recipes are even harder to find. There are mentions in
> apothecary literature and in household accounts that such things were
> purchased or available for purchase, but recipes for them????

There are a few collections that probably go back further in terms of 
tradition (I mean, we can trace recipes from collections in the 1500s back to 
the 1350s, it is not illogical to assume that a recipe collection written 
around 1300 to 'shade' back at least to 1250, if not 1200). But a mention or 
phrase is fine. I would just love to serve sugared almonds and I can get them 
very reasonably priced.

Giano


	

	
		
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