[Sca-cooks] Does anyone have an idea about this??

[Sue Clemenger]

My thought, from the context, was maybe it referred to a type of bread, or
hard biscuit.
--Maire, inordinately amused by the first line in the original post ;o)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Micheal" <dmreid at hfx.eastlink.ca>
To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 6:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Does anyone have an idea about this??


>   Don`t know that one. Unless its a local nick name for Canadian Bacon.
> Cealian
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Denise Wolff" <scadian at hotmail.com>
> To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 9:03 AM
> Subject: [Sca-cooks] Does anyone have an idea about this??
>
>
> > Subject: What on earth is "canada?"
> >
> > Besides "America's neighbor to the north," I mean.
> >
> > I was recently given a copy of Recipes from Locust Grove, which is a
> > collection including recipes compiled by Elizabeth Breese Morse, the
> > mother of Samuel F.B. Morse. It was compiled prior to 1805, most likely
> > during the last quarter of the 18th century, by a woman living in New
> > York.
> >
> > One of her receipts is for "Canada" and starts out with "Pound your
Canada
> > fine..."
> >
> > You make a sort of custard by pouring boiling milk and 13 egg yolks with
> > loaf sugar on it, then add 3/4 lb. butter with rosewater, wine, and
> > nutmeg.
> >
> > But "Canada" is beyond me. I don't have access to the original, so for
all
> > I know it's a misreading - but does anybody have any better ideas?
> >
> > -Rebecca