[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
More information about the Sca-cooks
mailing list