[Sca-cooks] Manus Christi: Was Selene's Files

[Susan Fox]

I stand corrected. The term "Manus Christi" has multiple meanings and I 
managed to pick the wrong one.  Would you mind if I quoted you folks in 
the next edit of this pamphlet?

Best always, Selene



Elise Fleming wrote:

>Greetings.  Adamantius is correct that Manus Christi is not a prayer but a
>confection.  In doing some early research on sugar boiling, I found that
>Karen Hess in _Martha Washington's Booke of Cookery_, recipe S5, gives 215
>decrees F. as "manus christi height".  This is, I believe, the same as the
>"thread" or "lisse" stage of sugar boiling.  However, _Joy of Cooking_
>gives the temperature of the "thread" stage as 230-234 degrees F.    It
>probably would be something to experiment with.
>
>Alys Katharine
>
>Elise Fleming
>alysk at ix.netcom.com
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