[Sca-cooks] Pizzelles and snow

[Stefan li Rous]

Muiriath mentioned about pizzelles:
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   Though I am wondering if I should some savory recipes (like green  
onion crepes or a cornbread one)
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If you try either of these, I'd like to hear how they come out. I  
suspect you are going to have real problems getting them to come out  
in one piece. I suspect they are going to be way too crumbly.

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   Or roll them into a cone and fill with a light custard
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I guess you could, but I'd go with the lighter "snow" myself. Plus I  
believe there is some evidence in period of wafers being served with  
snow. I think you can find a snow recipe in my wafers-msg file. I've  
yet to create a file just on snow although I've now got a bit more  
info. This is one message on snow with a recipe:

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Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 17:36:00 EDT
From: KristiWhyKelly at aol.com
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] To Garnish and Present Med/Ren Food
To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org

I have seen a recipe for Snow that calls for it to be mounded with an
Apple in the center, Rosemary and wafers strewn about.

Here it is below.  I done this and substituted strawberry pudding for
The apple, not the same I know but tasted great!

Grace

To make a dissh full of  Snow
PERIOD: England, 1545 | SOURCE:  A Propre new booke of Cokery | CLASS:
Authentic
DESCRIPTION: A dish of whipped cream that resembles a tree blanketed
With snow
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To make a dissh full of Snow.
Take a potell of swete thicke creame and the whites of eight egges &  
beate
them al togider with a spone / then put them in youre creame and a  
saucer  full
of Rosewater and a disshe full of Suger with all / than take a sticke  
& make
it cleane / and than cutte it in the ende foure square / and there with
heate all the aforesayde thinges togither / & ever as it ryseth take  
it of  and
put it into a Collander / this done / take one apple and set it in  
the myddes
of it and a thicke busshe of Rosemary and set it in the middes of the  
plater /
then cast your Snow upon the Rosemary & fyll your platter   
therewith.  And if
you have wafers cast some in with all and thus serue them  forth.

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To make a dish full of Snow.
Take a half gallon of sweet thick cream and the whites of eight eggs  
& beat
them all together with a spoon / then put them in your cream and a  
saucer
full of Rosewater and a dish full of Sugar with all / then take a  
stick & make
it clean / and then cut it in the end four square / and therewith  
heat all the
aforesaid things together / & ever as it rises take if off and put it  
into a
Collander / this done / take one apple and set it in the midst of it  
and a
thick bush of Rosemary and set it in the middle of the platter / then  
cast
your Snow upon the Rosemary & fill your platter therewith. And if you  
have
wafers cast some in with all and thus serve them forth.
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Stefan
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