[Sca-cooks] Obleys, wafers, barquillos and nieules

[Olwen the Odd]

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Olwen

>
>Benedicte,
>   But the Western Church does indeed, still make the host, ie wafer just 
>the way you describe it, in fact it must be made that way by Roman Canon 
>Law, #924-926 describes, using only pure wheat flour and water, unleavened, 
>pressed into a proper shape.
>
>   Johann
>
>Elise Fleming <alysk at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>     Okay... To add to the roiling confusion... Suey wrote:
>
> >The point is what would be the proper name for barquillos in English?
> >Now a Spaniard just reminded me that in church we are given
> >'ostias' during communion and we eat ostias or barquillos in the home
> >with ice cream in particular today which are store bought and most
> >popularly known as barquillos. What are wafers in Spanish she queried? I
> >just looked it up they are: barquillos or ostias as per my Cassell's
> >bilingual dictionary! Neither obleys nor ostias appear in that 
>dictionary.
> >
>
>   A Spanish recipe for ostias consists of one kilo of flour mixed with
> >lots of water to make a very runny batter. Drop one tablespoon on the
> >iron and press until toasted.
>
>   Now why doesn't the church make wafers like that?
>
>
>   Alys Katharine
>
>Elise Fleming
>alysk at ix.netcom.com
>http://home.netcom.com/~alysk/
>
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