[Sca-cooks] redacting
Sandragood@aol.com
Sandragood at aol.com
Thu Oct 5 08:47:14 PDT 2006
In a message dated 10/5/2006 3:19:19 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
sca-cooks-request at lists.ansteorra.org writes:
Perhaps this is just an example of two people with two different
redactions for the same ingredients. There really wasn't a recipe
given. Or maybe my idea of ketchup creation is wrong.
Stefan
It could be, but I also took it as Chas trying to create a flavor
connection. Ketchup is much more than just tomatoes and vinegar, but ketchup is a
little easier for some to grasp than tomatoes stewed in vinegar.
As for the redaction issue, it would depend on the context. Even without a
recipe, if it said "tomatoes stewed in vinegar", I would take it to mean
"pickled" tomatoes. With vinegar being used to preserve foods, it would make
sense that they were eaten in this form, especially if being transported long
distances. If the context had mentioned "a sauce made from stewed tomatoes" or
something denoting a chopped, ground or "pressed through a sieve" kind of
preparation, I would take that as being more like a salsa-type or ketchup
condiment.
Yes, you can redact/create a recipe from just a list of ingredients.
However, you also have to make sure that the dish you are creating would have been
created for the country/region and time you are creating. Just because we
know that pickled cabbage, salted meat, mustard, cheese, and grain breads were
all period (don't scream at the term) doesn't mean Europe went around eating
Reuben sandwiches. It's possible the combination was made in certain
regions, but that is what needs to be proven.
THL Elizabeth Donnan
Secretary, Grand Chefs of Gleann Abhann
_www.grandchefs.com_ (http://www.grandchefs.com)
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