[Sca-cooks] Late SCA-Period Sweets?
Elaine Koogler
ekoogler1 at comcast.net
Mon Oct 9 09:57:54 PDT 2006
Sandra Kisner wrote:
>>> I have an old class handout with 16th century German cake, pie and cookie
>>> recipes. Most of those store very well. You could combine them with
>>> preserves, cotignac, or fruit 'confect' for a proper Renaissance effect.
>>> Shall I send it over?
>>>
>>> YIS
>>>
>>> Giano
>>>
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> Add me to the list, please.
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> Speaking of cotignac, is there a trick? When I cook down quinces (or
> Japanese quinces) I get something like applesauce. Is cotignac made from
> the strained juice? The references I've seen don't seem to say that.
>
> Sandra
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Yup...pretty much what I got. So what I did was to cook it longer, then
spread it out in a flat pan...and left it to dry out. Which it seemed
to do after several days. Surely I've missed something?
Kiri
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