[Sca-cooks] Playing the Art Game Again

[Susan Fox]

Hmm.  Looks like sugar cane and several nice things to do with it!  The 
nut bars look to me like Mediterranean Christmas treat Turron, doesn't 
it?  'Tis the season.

My guess on the white rings would be some kind of decorated meringues.  
Iberian [particularly Portuguese] sweets run heavily to egg yolks, they 
had to do something with the whites!

Putting my Heraldry/Name Consultant hat on for a moment:  I'm going to 
keep that artist's name handy too, as a real period example of a 
mixed-culture name.  Yes, Spain did have close interaction with the 
Netherlands, didn't it?

Selene

Johnna Holloway wrote:

> Time to play the art game again.
>
> It's been really quiet and the weather up here west of Ann Arbor, MI
> has been very wet with icy conditions early.Snow expected yet this 
> afternoon with a high
> wind warning. So being housebound but with power, I thought I'd
> share the latest paintings I have found of interesting desserts..
>
> The artist today is Juan van der Hamen y Leon (1596-1631)
> http://www.pages.mi.it/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/tavolaImbandita.jpg
>
> Want to weigh in with a guess as to what the iced rings are?
>
> Here's another
> http://www.lindamann.com/otherpainters/vdhamen.htm
> Good picture here of those fruit paste boxes that were being discussed 
> last month.
>
> *//*Johnnae
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