[Sca-cooks] Chickweed pie

Terry Decker t.d.decker at worldnet.att.net
Wed Jul 26 20:25:29 PDT 2006


Gerard gives chickweed as a cure for mange (IIRC).  If it appears in Swiss 
or German recipes, it will probably be as Huhnerdarm, Vogelmuur or 
Sternmiere.

Bear

>I was in Lancaster County, Pa., this past weekend and I picked up a book of 
>Pennsylvania Dutch cooking at the Landis Valley Museum. It's William Woys 
>Weaver's book.
>
> I am wondering as the origins of this recipe, which is essentially a 
> quiche made with eggs, sour cream, pieces of bacon fried crisp, onions, 
> cinnamon, and the chickweed of course. Since settlers in the region came 
> from a wide swathe of Germany as well as Switzerland, I wondered if there 
> was a tradition of cooking with chickweed in any of these regions and how 
> far back that went. I am not assuming the pie is a period recipe, just 
> wondering if there was chickweed used in medieval German/Swiss cooking.
>
> Gianotta





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